14 CFR § 1261.307 - Time limitations.

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title: "14 CFR § 1261.307 - Time limitations."
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title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
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section_name: "Time limitations."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
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part_name: "PROCESSING OF MONETARY CLAIMS (GENERAL)"
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authority: "Subparts 1261.4, 1261.5, and 1261.6 issued under 51 U.S.C. 20113; 31 U.S.C. 3711  5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 CFR parts 900 through 904; 5 CFR part 550, subpart K, §§ 550.1101 through 550.1107."
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# 1261.307 Time limitations.

(a) A claim may not be acted upon pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act unless it is presented to NASA within 2 years after it accrued.

(b) A claim may not be acted upon pursuant to 51 U.S.C. 20113(m)(1) or (2) unless it is presented to NASA within two years after the occurrence of the accident or incident out of which the claim arose.

(c) A claim shall be deemed to have been presented to NASA when NASA receives from a claimant or duly authorized agent or legal representative an executed Standard Form 95 or other written notification of an incident or accident, accompanied by a claim in a sum certain.

[45 FR 48104, July 18, 1980, as amended at 82 FR 29384, June 29, 2017]