---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 25.515"
title: "33"
number: "25.515"
heading: "Settlement and notice to claimant."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/25.515"
---

# §25.515. Settlement and notice to claimant.


If a claim is determined to be meritorious in any amount, a written acceptance and release or a claim settlement agreement shall be signed by the claimant before payment. The release executed by the claimant shall release the United States and also release the tort-feasor or the person who occasioned the damage, injury, or death.


## 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.