---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 502.302"
title: "46"
number: "502.302"
heading: "Limitations of actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/502.302"
---

# §502.302. Limitations of actions.

- (a) Claims alleging violations of the Shipping Act of 1984 must be filed within three years from the time the cause of action accrues.
- (b) **A claim is deemed filed on the date it is received by the Commission.** [[Rule 302](/cfr/46/302.md).]

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 7812, Feb. 17, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569, 571-584; 591-596; 18 U.S.C. 207; 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C., 40103-40104, 40304, 40306, 40501-40503, 40701-40706, 41101-41109, 41301-41309, 44101-44106, 46105; 5 CFR part 2635.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 7812, Feb. 17, 1999]