14 USC § 550 - Marking pierheads in certain lakes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s550"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 550 - Marking pierheads in certain lakes"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "550"
section_name: "Marking pierheads in certain lakes"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.)"
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# § 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes

The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly notified by the department charged with the construction or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of any such pierhead has been completed.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 551 to 555 were renumbered sections 2921 to 2925 of this title, respectively.