---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 180.103"
title: "5"
number: "180.103"
heading: "Time limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/180.103"
---

# §180.103. Time limitations.


A claim must be presented in writing within 2 years after it accrues, except during war or armed conflict. If war or armed conflict occurs within the 2-year period following accrual, when claimant shows good cause, the claim may be presented within 2 years after the cause ceases to exist but not more than 2 years after termination of the war or armed conflict. A claim accrues when loss or damage is or should have been discovered by claimant even though such loss or damage occurred at a prior time.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 3, 78 Stat. 767, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 241.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 47163, Oct. 13, 1978, unless otherwise noted.