22 USC § 1645c - Ownership of claims by nationals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1645c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 1645c - Ownership of claims by nationals"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "1645c"
section_name: "Ownership of claims by nationals"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "CLAIMS AGAINST VIETNAM"
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 VII, § 704, as added Pub. L. 96–606, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3535.)"
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# § 1645c. Ownership of claims by nationals

section 1645b of this title

A claim may be favorably considered under  only if 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 only to the extent that the claim 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 VII, § 704, as added Pub. L. 96–606, Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3535.)