---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 25.207"
title: "33"
number: "25.207"
heading: "Time limitation on claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/25.207"
---

# §25.207. Time limitation on claims.

- (a) A settlement authority may administratively settle and approve a claim for final payment within two years from the date that the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, the claim is barred. This two-year period is not extended by presenting a claim nor by negotiations or correspondence. The existence of an administrative claim does not extend the two year statute of limitations in [46 U.S.C. 745](/usc/46/745.md).
- (b) If a complaint is filed in a Federal District Court before the expiration of the two-year period, an administrative settlement may be negotiated by the settlement authority only with the consent of the Department of Justice. Payment is made upon final dismissal of the complaint.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503, 937; 49 CFR 1.46(b).

### 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.