33 USC § 2710 - Indemnification agreements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2710"
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title: "33 USC § 2710 - Indemnification agreements"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2710"
section_name: "Indemnification agreements"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "OIL POLLUTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)"
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# § 2710. Indemnification agreements

**(a)** **Agreements not prohibited** Nothing in this Act prohibits any agreement to insure, hold harmless, or indemnify a party to such agreement for any liability under this Act.

**(b)** **Liability not transferred** No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or conveyance shall be effective to transfer liability imposed under this Act from a responsible party or from any person who may be liable for an incident under this Act to any other person.

**(c)** **Relationship to other causes of action** Nothing in this Act, including the provisions of subsection (b), bars a cause of action that a responsible party subject to liability under this Act, or a guarantor, has or would have, by reason of subrogation or otherwise, against any person.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)

## Editorial Notes

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