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FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

The text

As prescribed in 33.215(b), insert the following clause:

Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004)

United States law will apply to resolve any claim of breach of this contract.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 33.215 Contract clauses.
  • 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.233-3 Protest After Award. · 52.234-1 Industrial Resources Developed Under Title III, Defense Production Act. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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