---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 204.2"
title: "46"
number: "204.2"
heading: "Claims payable."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/204.2"
---

# §204.2. Claims payable.


Claims for death, personal injury, or damage to or loss of real or personal property are payable when the death, injury or damage is caused by a negligent or wrongful act or omission of an employee of the Maritime Administration, while acting within the scope of employment and under circumstances in which the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant under the law of the place where the act or omission occurred.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2672; 28 CFR 14.11; 49 CFR 1.45(a)(2), (3), and (16).

### Source

Source: 50 FR 25711, June 21, 1985, unless otherwise noted.