---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 25.111"
title: "33"
number: "25.111"
heading: "Action by claimant."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/25.111"
---

# §25.111. Action by claimant.

- (a) **Form of claim.** The claim must meet the requirements of [§ 25.113](/cfr/33/25.113.md). Authorized forms are available from the offices indicated in [§ 25.103](/cfr/33/25.103.md).
- (b) **Presentation.** Whenever possible, the claim must be presented to the Coast Guard Legal Service Command, Claims Division (LSC-5), located at 300 East Main Street, Suite 400, Norfolk, VA 23510-9100. If that is not possible, the claim may also be presented to:
  - (1) The commanding officer of the Coast Guard unit involved;
  - (2) A Coast Guard unit convenient to the claimant; or
  - (3) **Commandant (CG-0945), Attn—** Office of Claims and Litigation, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7213, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7213.
- (c) **Time.** The time limits for presenting claims are contained in the following subparts addressing particular claim statutes.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 80-033, 46 FR 27109, May 18, 1981, as amended by CGD 87-008b, 52 FR 25217, July 6, 1987; CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33362, June 19, 1997; USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33639, June 25, 2001; USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27437, June 10, 2009; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36278, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38428, July 7, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 49 CFR 1.45(a); 49 CFR 1.45(b); 49 CFR 1.46(b), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: CGD 80-033, 46 FR 27109, May 18, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 80-033, 46 FR 27109, May 18, 1981, as amended by CGD 87-008b, 52 FR 25217, July 6, 1987; CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33362, June 19, 1997; USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33639, June 25, 2001; USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27437, June 10, 2009; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36278, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38428, July 7, 2014]