Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 327.34 - Court action.

No person, surviving dependent or beneficiary, or legal representative, having a claim specified under 46 U.S.C. 30101(a) against the Maritime Administration, shall institute a court action against the Maritime Administration unless an administrative claim has previously been properly presented and filed in accordance with §§ 327.22, 327.23, and 327.24, and such administrative claim has been subsequently denied in accordance with § 327.32 or § 327.33.

authority: 46 U.S.C. Chapters 301-309
source: 77 FR 65633, Oct. 30, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 327.34