46 USC § 10901 - Application
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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10901"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 10901 - Application"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "10901"
section_name: "Application"
chapter_number: 109
chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 575.)"
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# § 10901. Application
This chapter applies to a vessel of the United States except a fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 575.)
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 10901 | 46:65346:65446:65546:65646:658 |
Section 10901 provides that chapter 109 applies to all vessels of the United States except fishing vessels, whaling vessels or yachts.