---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 25.503"
title: "33"
number: "25.503"
heading: "Proper claimants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/25.503"
---

# §25.503. Proper claimants.

- (a) The claimant, or the decedent in a death case, must have been an inhabitant of a foreign country at the time of the incident giving rise to the claim and must not be otherwise excluded by [§ 25.505](/cfr/33/25.505.md). It is not necessary that a claimant be a citizen of, or legal domiciliary of the foreign country.
- (b) A corporation or other organization doing business in a foreign country on a permanent basis may qualify as a proper claimant although organized under United States law.
- (c) The government of a foreign country or a political subdivision thereof is a proper claimant unless excluded by waiver provisions of applicable international agreements.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2734; 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.