33 C.F.R. § 25.503 Proper claimants.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) The claimant, or the decedent in a death case, must have been an inhabitant of a foreign country at the time of the incident giving rise to the claim and must not be otherwise excluded by §25.505. It is not necessary that a claimant be a citizen of, or legal domiciliary of the foreign country. (b) A corporation or other organization doing business in a foreign country on a permanent basis may qualify as a proper claimant although organized under United States law. (c) The government of a foreign country or a political subdivision thereof is a proper claimant unless excluded by waiver provisions of applicable international agreements.
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 25—CLAIMS
Subpart E—Foreign Claims
§ 25.503 Proper claimants.
