---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 34.5"
title: "45"
number: "34.5"
heading: "Unallowable claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/34.5"
---

# §34.5. Unallowable claims.

- (a) **What you cannot claim.**
  - (1) Claims for money or currency, such as intangible property (i.e. bankbooks, check, money orders, promissory notes, stock certificates, etc.).
  - (2) **Worn-out or unserviceable property.**
  - (3) Easily pilferable articles, such as jewelry, cameras, watches, and binoculars when they are shipped with household goods by a moving company or unaccompanied baggage. This does not apply to checked property or property in personal custody of the claimant or his agent provided proper security measures have been taken.
  - (4) **Government property.**
  - (5) **Appraisal or estimate fees.**
  - (6) Automobiles, except when required to perform official business or parked on a government-owned or operated parking lot or garage incident to employment.
  - (7) Loss or damage caused in whole or in part by the negligent or wrongful act of the claimant or his agent or employee.
  - (8) Claims under $30.00.
  - (9) Stolen property when it's determined that claimant failed to exercise due care in protecting his or her property.
  - (10) **Sales tax.** Reimbursements for the payment of sales tax incurred in connection with repairs or replacing an item will not be allowed.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3721.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 13257, Mar. 22, 2004, unless otherwise noted.