---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 296.20"
title: "44"
number: "296.20"
heading: "Prerequisite to compensation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/296.20"
---

# §296.20. Prerequisite to compensation.


In order to receive compensation under the Act, a claimant must be an Injured Person who suffered an injury as a result of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and sustained damages.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 117-180, 136 Stat. 2114, 2168; Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 59777, Aug. 29, 2023, unless otherwise noted.