46 USC § 14503 - Certificate of measurement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s14503"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 14503 - Certificate of measurement"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "14503"
section_name: "Certificate of measurement"
chapter_number: 145
chapter_name: "REGULATORY MEASUREMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
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. 1923; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)"
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# § 14503. Certificate of measurement

**(a)** The Secretary shall prescribe the certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.

**(b)** The certificate 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. 1923; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 72.

Section 14503 requires the Secretary to issue a certificate, in a manner that is to be prescribed by the Secretary, as evidence of a vessel’s regulatory measurement.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).