---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1644c"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "1644c"
heading: "Ownership of claims by nationals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/1644c"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims"
  - "Subchapter VI — Claims Against German Democratic Republic"
---

# §1644c. Ownership of claims by nationals


A claim shall not be favorably considered under [section 1644b of this title](/usc/22/1644b.md) unless the [property](/usc/22/1643a.md?p=3) right on which it is based was owned, wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by a [national of the United States](/usc/22/1643a.md?p=1) on the date of loss and if favorably considered, the claim shall be considered only if it has been held by one or more nationals of the United States continuously from the date that the loss occurred until the date of filing with the [Commission](/usc/22/1643a.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 94–542, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2510.)