Title 46 of the United States Code
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- § 101. Agency
- § 10101. Definitions
- § 10102. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §422(c)(1), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2439
- § 10103. Reports
- § 10104. Requirement to report sexual offenses
- § 10105. Reports to Congress
- § 102. Barge
- § 103. Boundary Line
- § 10301. Application
- § 10302. Shipping articles agreements
- § 10303. Provisions
- § 10304. Form of agreement
- § 10305. Manner of signing agreement
- § 10306. Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents
- § 10307. Posting agreements
- § 10308. Foreign engagements
- § 10309. Engaging seamen to replace those lost by desertion or casualty
- § 10310. Discharge
- § 10311. Certificates of discharge
- § 10312. Settlements on discharge
- § 10313. Wages
- § 10314. Advances
- § 10315. Allotments
- § 10316. Trusts
- § 10317. Loss of lien and right to wages
- § 10318. Wages on discharge in foreign ports
- § 10319. Costs of a criminal conviction
- § 10320. Records of seamen
- § 10321. General penalty
- § 104. Citizen of the United States
- § 105. Consular officer
- § 10501. Application
- § 10502. Shipping articles agreements
- § 10503. Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents
- § 10504. Wages
- § 10505. Advances
- § 10506. Trusts
- § 10507. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §415(a), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2438
- § 10508. General penalties
- § 10509. Penalty for failing to begin voyage
- § 106. Documented vessel
- § 10601. Fishing agreements
- § 10602. Recovery of wages and shares of fish under agreement
- § 10603. Seaman's duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury
- § 107. Exclusive economic zone
- § 10701. Application
- § 10702. Duties of masters
- § 10703. Procedures of masters
- § 10704. Duties of consular officers
- § 10705. Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers
- § 10706. Seamen dying in the United States
- § 10707. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §420(a), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2438
- § 10708. Sale of property
- § 10709. Distribution
- § 10710. Unclaimed money, property, and wages
- § 10711. Penalties
- § 108. Fisheries
- § 109. Foreign commerce or trade
- § 10901. Application
- § 10902. Complaints of unfitness
- § 10903. Proceedings on examination of vessel
- § 10904. Refusal to proceed
- § 10905. Complaints in foreign ports
- § 10906. Discharge of crew for unsuitability
- § 10907. Permission to make complaint
- § 10908. Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea
- § 110. Foreign vessel
- § 111. Numbered vessel
- § 11101. Accommodations for seamen
- § 11102. Medicine chests
- § 11103. Slop chests
- § 11104. Destitute seamen
- § 11105. Wages on discharge when vessel sold
- § 11106. Wages on justifiable complaint of seamen
- § 11107. Unlawful engagements void
- § 11108. Taxes
- § 11109. Attachment of wages
- § 11110. Seamen's clothing
- § 11111. Limit on amount recoverable on voyage
- § 11112. Master's lien for wages
- § 11113. Treatment of abandoned seafarers
- § 112. State
- § 11201. Eligibility for veterans' burial and cemetery benefits
- § 11202. Qualified service
- § 11203. Documentation of qualified service
- § 11204. Processing fees
- § 113. Undocumented
- § 11301. Logbook and entry requirements
- § 11302. Manner of making entries
- § 11303. Penalties
- § 11304. Additional logbook and entry requirements
- § 114. United States
- § 115. Vessel
- § 11501. Penalties for specified offenses
- § 11502. Entry of offenses in logbook
- § 11503. Duties of consular officers related to insubordination
- § 11504. Enforcement of forfeitures
- § 11505. Disposal of forfeitures
- § 11506. Carrying sheath knives
- § 11507. Surrender of offending officers
- § 116. Vessel of the United States
- § 12101. Definitions
- § 12102. Vessels requiring documentation
- § 12103. General eligibility requirements
- § 12104. Applications for documentation
- § 12105. Issuance of documentation
- § 12106. Surrender of title and number
- § 12107. Wrecked vessels
- § 12108. Authority to extend duration of vessel certificates
- § 12111. Registry endorsement
- § 12112. Coastwise endorsement
- § 12113. Fishery endorsement
- § 12114. Recreational endorsement
- § 12115. Temporary endorsement for vessels procured outside the United States
- § 12116. Limited endorsements for Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands
- § 12117. Oil spill response vessels
- § 12118. Owners engaged primarily in manufacturing or mineral industry
- § 12119. Owners engaged primarily in leasing or financing transactions
- § 12120. Liquified gas tankers
- § 12121. Small passenger vessels and uninspected passenger vessels
- § 12131. Command of documented vessels
- § 12132. Loss of coastwise trade privileges
- § 12133. Duty to carry certificate on vessel and allow examination
- § 12134. Evidentiary uses of documentation
- § 12135. Invalidation of certificates of documentation
- § 12136. Surrender of certificates of documentation
- § 12137. Recording of vessels built in the United States
- § 12138. List of documented vessels
- § 12139. Reports
- § 12140. Investigations by Secretary
- § 12151. Penalties
- § 12152. Denial or revocation of endorsement for non-payment of civil penalty
- § 12301. Numbering vessels
- § 12302. Standard numbering system
- § 12303. Exemption from numbering requirements
- § 12304. Certificates of numbers
- § 12305. Displaying numbers
- § 12306. Safety certificates
- § 12307. Regulations on numbering and fees
- § 12308. Providing vessel numbering and registration information
- § 12309. Penalties
- § 12501. Establishment of a vessel identification system
- § 12502. Identification numbers, signal letters, and markings
- § 12503. Information available to the system
- § 12504. Information available from the system
- § 12505. Fees
- § 12506. Delegation of authority
- § 12507. Penalties
- § 13101. Definitions
- § 13102. State recreational boating safety programs
- § 13103. Program acceptance
- § 13104. Allocations
- § 13105. Availability of allocations
- § 13106. Computation decisions about State amounts expended
- § 13107. Authorization of appropriations
- § 13108. Computing amounts allocated to States and State records requirements
- § 13109. Consultation, cooperation, and regulation
- § 13110. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, §601(c)(4)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4289
- § 14101. Definitions
- § 14102. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–595, title VI, §603(12)(A), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2993
- § 14103. Delegation of authority
- § 14104. Measurement to determine application of a law
- § 14301. Application
- § 14302. Measurement
- § 14303. Tonnage Certificate
- § 14304. Remeasurement
- § 14305. Optional regulatory measurement
- § 14306. Reciprocity for foreign vessels
- § 14307. Inspection of foreign vessels
- § 14501. Application
- § 14502. Measurement
- § 14503. Certificate of measurement
- § 14504. Remeasurement
- § 14511. Application
- § 14512. Standard tonnage measurement
- § 14513. Dual tonnage measurement
- § 14514. Reciprocity for foreign vessels
- § 14521. Application
- § 14522. Measurement
- § 14701. General violation
- § 14702. False statements
- § 15101. National Chemical Transportation Safety Advisory Committee
- § 15102. National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee
- § 15103. National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
- § 15104. National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
- § 15105. National Boating Safety Advisory Committee
- § 15106. National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
- § 15107. National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
- § 15108. National Towing Safety Advisory Committee
- § 15109. Administration
- § 2101. General definitions
- § 2102. Limited definitions
- § 2103. Superintendence of the merchant marine
- § 2104. Delegation
- § 2105. Report
- § 2106. Liability in rem
- § 2107. Civil penalty procedures
- § 2108. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–304, §15(5), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1702
- § 2109. Public vessels
- § 2110. Fees
- § 2111. Pay for overtime services
- § 2112. Authority to change working hours
- § 2113. Authority to exempt certain vessels
- § 2114. Protection of seamen against discrimination
- § 2115. Civil penalty to enforce alcohol and dangerous drug testing
- § 2116. Marine safety strategy, goals, and performance assessments
- § 2117. Termination for unsafe operation
- § 2118. Establishment of equipment standards
- § 2301. Application
- § 2302. Penalties for negligent operations and interfering with safe operation
- § 2303. Duties related to marine casualty assistance and information
- § 2303a. Post serious marine casualty alcohol testing
- § 2304. Duty to provide assistance at sea
- § 2305. Injunctions
- § 2306. Vessel reporting requirements
- § 2307. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, §402(d), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4264
- § 301. to 308. Renumbered §§46101 to 46108
- § 30101. Extension of jurisdiction to cases of damage or injury on land
- § 30102. Liability to passengers
- § 30103. Liability of master, mate, engineer, and pilot
- § 30104. Personal injury to or death of seamen
- § 30105. Restriction on recovery by non-citizens and non-resident aliens for incidents in waters of other countries
- § 30106. Time limit on bringing maritime action for personal injury or death
- § 30301. Short title
- § 30302. Cause of action
- § 30303. Amount and apportionment of recovery
- § 30304. Contributory negligence
- § 30305. Death of plaintiff in pending action
- § 30306. Foreign cause of action
- § 30307. Commercial aviation accidents
- § 30308. Nonapplication
- § 30501. Definitions
- § 30502. Application
- § 30521. Declaration of nature and value of goods
- § 30522. Loss by fire
- § 30523. General limit of liability
- § 30524. Limit of liability for personal injury or death
- § 30525. Apportionment of losses
- § 30526. Provisions requiring notice of claim or limiting time for bringing action
- § 30527. Provisions limiting liability for personal injury or death
- § 30528. Vicarious liability for medical malpractice with regard to crew
- § 30529. Action by owner for limitation
- § 30530. Liability as master, officer, or seaman not affected
- § 30701. Definition
- § 30702. Application
- § 30703. Bills of lading
- § 30704. Loading, stowage, custody, care, and delivery
- § 30705. Seaworthiness
- § 30706. Defenses
- § 30707. Criminal penalty
- § 30901. Short title
- § 30902. Definition
- § 30903. Waiver of immunity
- § 30904. Exclusive remedy
- § 30905. Period for bringing action
- § 30906. Venue
- § 30907. Procedure for hearing and determination
- § 30908. Exemption from arrest or seizure
- § 30909. Security
- § 30910. Exoneration and limitation
- § 30911. Costs and interest
- § 30912. Arbitration, compromise, or settlement
- § 30913. Payment of judgment or settlement
- § 30914. Release of privately owned vessel after arrest or attachment
- § 30915. Seizures and other proceedings in foreign jurisdictions
- § 30916. Recovery by the United States for salvage services
- § 30917. Disposition of amounts recovered by the United States
- § 30918. Reports
- § 3101. Authority to suspend inspection
- § 3102. Immersion suits
- § 3103. Use of reports, documents, and records
- § 3104. Survival craft
- § 3105. Electronic charts
- § 3106. Master key control system
- § 31101. Short title
- § 31102. Waiver of immunity
- § 31103. Applicable procedure
- § 31104. Venue
- § 31105. Security when counterclaim filed
- § 31106. Exoneration and limitation
- § 31107. Interest
- § 31108. Arbitration, compromise, or settlement
- § 31109. Payment of judgment or settlement
- § 31110. Subpoenas to officers or members of crew
- § 31111. Claims by nationals of foreign countries
- § 31112. Lien not recognized or created
- § 31113. Reports
- § 31301. Definitions
- § 31302. Availability of instruments, copies, and information
- § 31303. Certain civil actions not authorized
- § 31304. Liability for noncompliance
- § 31305. Waiver of lien rights
- § 31306. Declaration of citizenship
- § 31307. State statutes superseded
- § 31308. Secretary of Commerce or Transportation as mortgagee
- § 31309. General civil penalty
- § 31321. Filing, recording, and discharge
- § 31322. Preferred mortgages
- § 31323. Disclosing and incurring obligations before executing preferred mortgages
- § 31324. Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages