---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 327.34"
title: "46"
number: "327.34"
heading: "Court action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/327.34"
---

# §327.34. Court action.


No person, surviving dependent or beneficiary, or legal representative, having a claim specified under [46 U.S.C. 30101(a)](/usc/46/30101.md?p=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](/cfr/46/327.22..327.24.md), and such administrative claim has been subsequently denied in accordance with [§ 327.32](/cfr/46/327.32.md) or [§ 327.33](/cfr/46/327.33.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. chapters 301-309, 49 CFR 1.93(b).

### Source

Source: 91 FR 34164, June 5, 2026, unless otherwise noted.