{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-327.8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 327.8","heading":"Court action.","body":"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.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"acfeddac57fda27d37c1d55411250cd88f10b139f2234df7d7d5523a836cfc12","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-327.7","next":"us/46-cfr-327.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}