33 CFR § 25.705 - Claims not payable.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s25.705"
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title: "33 CFR § 25.705 - Claims not payable."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "25.705"
section_name: "Claims not payable."
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"
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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."
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# 25.705 Claims not payable.

A claim is not payable under this subpart if it:

(a) Is for death or personal injury;

(b) Results wholly or partly from the grossly negligent, or reckless act of the claimant, claimant's agent or employee;

(c) Is a subrogated claim;

(d) Is for damage to or loss of property owned by the United States or property of a Nonappropriated Fund Activity;

(e) Results from negligence;

(f) Is for indirect or remote damages;

(g) Is for damage to or loss of property resulting from the act or omission of a member of the Coast Guard acting within the scope of the member's employment;

(h) Extends to damage or loss that results from the owner's failure to mitigate damages; or

(i) Has been paid by a third party.