---
title: "Build a cargo-claim notice and suit-time table"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport/build-a-cargo-claim-time-bar-and-notice-table/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A37-T1-R1-US"
practice_area: "Maritime, Shipping & Transport"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a cargo-claim notice and suit-time table

> From the bill and the delivery record, propose rows for the notice date and the one-year suit date with the document each date comes from. Mark every date as unchecked.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport/build-a-cargo-claim-time-bar-and-notice-table/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Maritime, Shipping & Transport](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the bill and the delivery record, propose rows for the notice date and the one-year suit date with the document each date comes from. Mark every date as unchecked. |
| What the lawyer must review | The COGSA note to 46 USC section 30701 discharges the carrier and the ship from all liability for loss or damage unless suit is brought within one year after delivery or the date the goods should have been delivered. Written notice is due before or at removal, or within three days if the damage is not apparent. Lack of notice does not remove the one-year suit. You adopt or reject every date. A wrong date in this table is the advice the client will use. 28 USC section 1333 is the admiralty jurisdiction for the suit, saving to suitors their other remedies. Opinion 512: do not accept a generated date. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build a cargo-claim time-bar and notice table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport/build-a-cargo-claim-time-bar-and-notice-table.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the bill and the delivery record, propose rows for the notice date and the one-year suit date with the document each date comes from. Mark every date as unchecked.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Contractual time bars in the bill can be shorter or different. Read the bill.
- The one-year period runs from delivery or the date the goods should have been delivered, not from the notice.

## Sources

- [46 USC section 30701 and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act note](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/46/30701) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [28 USC section 1333 (admiralty, maritime and prize cases)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1333) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*