33 CFR § 25.515 - Settlement and notice to claimant.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s25.515"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 25.515 - Settlement and notice to claimant."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "25.515"
section_name: "Settlement and notice to claimant."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "CLAIMS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "14 U.S.C. 503; 49 CFR 1.45(a); 49 CFR 1.45(b); 49 CFR 1.46(b), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "CGD 80-033, 46 FR 27109, May 18, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "25"
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# 25.515 Settlement and notice to claimant.

If a claim is determined to be meritorious in any amount, a written acceptance and release or a claim settlement agreement shall be signed by the claimant before payment. The release executed by the claimant shall release the United States and also release the tort-feasor or the person who occasioned the damage, injury, or death.