§327.22. Presentation of claims. — Inbound Citations

(a) Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 30101(c) of the Admiralty Extension Act (AEA), administrative claims involving the extension of admiralty jurisdiction to cases of damage or injury on land caused by a MARAD vessel on navigable waters must be presented in writing to MARAD in accordance with this section through § 327.34 prior to institution of a court action thereon.

No person, surviving dependent or beneficiary, or legal representative, having a claim specified under 46 U.S.C. 30101(a) against MARAD, may institute a court action against MARAD unless an administrative claim has previously been properly presented and filed in accordance with §§ 327.22 through 327.24, and such administrative claim has been subsequently denied in accordance with § 327.32 or § 327.33.