46 USC § 14303 - Tonnage Certificate

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s14303"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 14303 - Tonnage Certificate"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "14303"
section_name: "Tonnage Certificate"
chapter_number: 143
chapter_name: "CONVENTION MEASUREMENT"
part_number: "J"
part_name: "Measurement of Vessels"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1921; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(1), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)"
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# § 14303. Tonnage Certificate

**(a)** After measuring a vessel under this chapter, the Secretary shall issue, on request of the owner, an International Tonnage Certificate (1969) and deliver it to the owner or master of the vessel. For a vessel to which the Convention does not apply, the Secretary shall prescribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.

**(b)** The certificate issued under this section shall be maintained as required by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1921; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(1), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships.

Section 14303(a) requires the Secretary to issue, on the request of the owner, an International Tonnage Certificate after measuring a vessel under this chapter. Section 14303(b) requires that the certificate be maintained as required by the Secretary.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—, struck out “International” before “Tonnage” and “(1969)” after “Certificate” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). , inserted at end “For a vessel to which the Convention does not apply, the Secretary shall prescribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.”

Subsec. (b). , inserted “issued under this section” after “The certificate”.