5 CFR § 180.103 - Time limitations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s180.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 180.103 - Time limitations."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "180.103"
section_name: "Time limitations."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES' PERSONAL PROPERTY CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 3, 78 Stat. 767, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 241."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 47163, Oct. 13, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 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.