28 CFR 14.2 - Administrative claim; when presented. CFR Updates Authorities (U. . Code! prev " ne#t $ 14.

2 Administrative claim; when presented. (a! For purposes o% the provisions o% 28 U. .C. 24&1('!( 2)*2( and 2)*+( a claim shall 'e deemed to have 'een presented when a Federal a,enc- receives %rom a claimant( his dul- authori.ed a,ent or le,al representative( an e#ecuted tandard Form /+ or other written noti%ication o% an incident( accompanied '- a claim %or mone- dama,es in a sum certain %or in0ur- to or loss o% propert-( personal in0ur-( or death alle,ed to have occurred '- reason o% the incident; and the title or le,al capacit- o% the person si,nin,( and is accompanied '- evidence o% his authorit- to present a claim on 'ehal% o% the claimant as a,ent( e#ecutor( administrator( parent( ,uardian( or other representative. ('! (1! A claim shall 'e presented to the Federal a,enc- whose activities ,ave rise to the claim. 1hen a claim is presented to an- other Federal a,enc-( that a,enc- shall trans%er it %orthwith to the appropriate a,enc-( i% the proper a,enc- can 'e identi%ied %rom the claim( and advise the claimant o% the trans%er. 2% trans%er is not %easi'le the claim shall 'e returned to the claimant. 3he %act o% trans%er shall not( in itsel%( preclude %urther trans%er( return o% the claim to the claimant or other appropriate disposition o% the claim. A claim shall 'e presented as re4uired '- 28 U. .C. 24&1('! as o% the date it is received '- the appropriate a,enc-. (2! 1hen more than one Federal a,enc- is or ma- 'e involved in the events ,ivin, rise to the claim( an a,enc- with which the claim is %iled shall contact all other a%%ected a,encies in order to desi,nate the sin,le a,enc- which will therea%ter investi,ate and decide the merits o% the claim. 2n the event that an a,reed upon desi,nation cannot 'e made '- the a%%ected a,encies( the 5epartment o% 6ustice shall 'e consulted and will therea%ter desi,nate an a,enc- to investi,ate and decide the merits o% the claim. 7nce a determination has 'een made( the desi,nated a,enc- shall noti%- the claimant that all %uture correspondence concernin, the claim shall 'e directed to that Federal a,enc-. All involved Federal a,encies ma- a,ree either to conduct their own administrative reviews and to coordinate the results or to have the investi,ations conducted 'the desi,nated Federal a,enc-( 'ut( in either event( the desi,nated Federal a,enc- will 'e responsi'le %or the %inal determination o% the claim. (8! A claimant presentin, a claim arisin, %rom an incident to more than one a,enc- should identi%- each a,enc- to which the claim is su'mitted at the time each claim is presented. 1here a claim arisin, %rom an incident is presented to more than one Federal a,enc- without an- indication that more than one a,enc- is involved( and an- one o% the concerned Federal a,encies ta9es %inal action on that claim( the %inal action thus ta9en is conclusive on the claims presented to the other a,encies in re,ard to the time re4uired %or %ilin, suit set %orth in 28 U. .C. 24&1('!. :owever( i% a second involved Federal a,enc- su'se4uentldesires to ta9e %urther action with a view towards settlin, the claim the second Federal a,enc- ma- treat the matter as a re4uest %or reconsideration o% the %inal denial under 28 CFR 14./('!( unless suit has 'een %iled in the interim( and so advise the claimant. (4! 2%( a%ter an a,enc- %inal denial( the claimant %iles a claim arisin, out o% the same incident with a di%%erent Federal a,enc-( the new su'mission o% the claim will not toll the re4uirement o% 28 U. .C. 24&1('! that suit must 'e %iled within si# months o% the %inal denial '- the %irst a,enc-( unless the second a,enc- speci%icall- and e#plicitl- treats the second su'mission as a re4uest %or reconsideration under 28 CFR 14./('! and so advises the claimant. (c! A claim presented in compliance with para,raph (a! o% this section ma- 'e amended '- the claimant at an- time prior to %inal a,enc- action or prior to the e#ercise o% the claimant;s option under 28 U. .C. 2)*+(a!. Amendments shall 'e su'mitted in writin, and si,ned '- the claimant or his dul- authori.ed a,ent or le,al representative. Upon the timel- %ilin, o% an amendment to a pendin, claim( the a,enc- shall have si# months in which to ma9e a %inal disposition o% the claim as amended and the claimant;s option under 28 U. .C. 2)*+(a! shall not accrue until si# months a%ter the %ilin, o% an amendment. <7rder =o. 8*&-*/( 4+ FR 2)+&( 6an. 14( 1/8&( as amended '- 7rder =o. /)&-81( 4) FR +28++( 7ct. 2*( 1/81; 7rder =o. 11*/-8*( +2 FR *411( >ar. 11( 1/8*?