---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 14.5"
title: "40"
number: "14.5"
heading: "Who may file a claim."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/14.5"
---

# §14.5. Who may file a claim.


A claim may be filed by an employee or by his/her authorized agent or legal representative. If a claim is otherwise allowable under this part, a claim can be filed by a surviving spouse, child, parent, brother or sister of a deceased employee.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721).

### Source

Source: 51 FR 24146, July 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.