22 USC § 1644c - Ownership of claims by nationals
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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1644c"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 1644c - Ownership of claims by nationals"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "1644c"
section_name: "Ownership of claims by nationals"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 94–542, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2510.)"
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# § 1644c. Ownership of claims by nationals
section 1644b of this title
A claim shall not be favorably considered under unless the property right on which it is based was owned, wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by a national of the United States on the date of loss and if favorably considered, the claim shall be considered only if it has been held by one or more nationals of the United States continuously from the date that the loss occurred until the date of filing with the Commission.
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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 54, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 94–542, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2510.)