---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 11.71"
title: "44"
number: "11.71"
heading: "Claimants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/11.71"
---

# §11.71. Claimants.

- (a) A claim pursuant to this subpart may only be made by: (1) An employee of FEMA; (2) a former employee of FEMA whose claim arises out of an incident occurring before his/her separation from FEMA; (3) survivors of a person named in [paragraph (a)](#a) (1) or (2) of this section, in the following order of precedence: (i) Spouse; (ii) children; (iii) father or mother, or both or (iv) brothers or sisters, or both; (4) the authorized agent or legal representative of a person named in [paragraphs (a)](#a) (1), (2), and (3) of this section.
- (b) A claim may not be presented by or for the benefit of a subrogee, assignee, conditional vendor, or other third party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3721.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 8112, Feb. 28, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15930, Mar. 12, 1980, unless otherwise noted.