---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 178.104"
title: "5"
number: "178.104"
heading: "Statutory limitations on claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/178.104"
---

# §178.104. Statutory limitations on claims.

- (a) **Statutory limitations relating to claims generally.** Except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section or as otherwise provided by law, all claims against the United States Government are subject to the 6-year statute of limitations contained in [31 U.S.C. 3702(b)](/usc/31/3702.md?p=b). To satisfy the statutory limitation, a claim must be received by the Office of Personnel Management, or by the department or agency out of whose activities the claim arose, within 6 years from the date the claim accrued. The claimant is responsible for proving that the claim was filed within the applicable statute of limitations.
- (b) **Claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act.** Claims arising under the FLSA, [29 U.S.C. 207](/usc/29/207.md), et seq., must be received by the Office of Personnel Management, or by the department or agency out of whose activity the claim arose, within the time limitations specified in the FLSA.
- (c) **Other statutory limitations.** Statutes of limitation other than that identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may apply to certain claims. Claimants are responsible for informing themselves regarding other possible statutory limitations.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3702; 5 U.S.C. 5583; 38 U.S.C. 5122; Pub. L. No. 104-53, 211, Nov. 19, 1995; E.O. 12107.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 68139, Dec. 31, 1997, unless otherwise noted.