§ 327.8 Court action.

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Title 46—Shipping > CHAPTER II—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER I-A—NATIONAL SHIPPING AUTHORITY > PART 327—SEAMEN'S CLAIMS; ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AND LITIGATION > Subpart A—Clarification Act Claims: Seamen's Claims; Administrative Action and Litigation

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No seamen, their surviving dependents and beneficiaries, or their legal representatives may institute a court action unless such claim has been prepared and filed in accordance with §§ 327.4 and 327.5 and was administratively disallowed in accordance with § 327.6 or § 327.7.

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