---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 912.3"
title: "39"
number: "912.3"
heading: "Time limit for filing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/912.3"
---

# §912.3. Time limit for filing.

- (a) **Claim.** A claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act must be presented within two years from the date the claim accrues.
- (b) **Suit.** Suit must be filed within six months after the date of mailing by certified or registered mail of notice of final denial of the claim by the Postal Service.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 43720, June 30, 1980]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680; 28 CFR 14.1 through 14.11; 39 U.S.C. 409.

### Amendments

[45 FR 43720, June 30, 1980]