46 U.S.C. § 12107 Wrecked Vessels

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 46 U.S.C. § 12107

(a) REQUIREMENTS.-A vessel is a wrecked vessel under this chapter if it-

(1) was wrecked on a coast of the United States or adjacent waters; and

(2) has undergone repairs in a shipyard in the United States equal to at least 3 times the appraised salvage value of the vessel.

(b) APPRAISALS.-The Secretary may appoint a board of three appraisers to determine whether a vessel satisfies subsection (a)(2). The costs of the appraisal shall be paid by the owner of the vessel.

Cite as 46 U.S.C. § 12107

Source: Pub. L. 109-304, §5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1494.

current through 7/7/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised <para>Section</para> </TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>12107</TD> <TD>46 App.:14 (words before last proviso).</TD> <TD>R.S. §4136 (words before last proviso); Feb. 24, 1915, ch. 57, 38 Stat. 812; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1993" actaltid="103-182">Pub. L. <actid>103-182</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1993" actaltid="103-182">title VI, §<actsec>686</actsec>(a)(4), Dec. 8, <sessionyear>1993</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 107 Stat. 2220.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

The words "The Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement" and "when purchased by a citizen or citizens of the United States" are omitted as unnecessary because section 12112, as revised by the bill, provides the requirements for a wrecked vessel to obtain a coastwise endorsement.

In subsection (c)(1), the words "or her possessions" are omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of "United States" in chapter 1 of the revised title.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 12107, Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 100-239, §6(a)(4), (5), Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat. 1782; Pub. L. 101-225, title III, §301(a)(7), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1921, originally derived from section 65j of former Title 46, Shipping, related to Great Lakes endorsements, prior to being repealed by Pub. L. 104-324, title XI, §1115(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3972.