46 USC § 30525 - Apportionment of losses

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title: "46 USC § 30525 - Apportionment of losses"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "30525"
section_name: "Apportionment of losses"
chapter_number: 305
chapter_name: "EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1513, § 30507; renumbered § 30525 and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXV, § 11503(a)(3), (f)(4), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4130, 4131.)"
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# § 30525. Apportionment of losses

If the amounts determined under sections 30523 and 30524 of this title are insufficient to pay all claims—

**(1)** all claimants shall be paid in proportion to their respective losses out of the amount determined under section 30523 of this title; and

**(2)** personal injury and death claimants, if any, shall be paid an additional amount in proportion to their respective losses out of the additional amount determined under section 30524(b) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1513, § 30507; renumbered § 30525 and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXV, § 11503(a)(3), (f)(4), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4130, 4131.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30507 | 46 App.:183(b) (last sentence). | R.S. § 4283(b) (last sentence); Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 804, § 1, 49 Stat. 960; June 5, 1936, ch. 521, § 1, 49 Stat. 1479; Pub. L. 98–498, title II, § 213(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306. |
|  | 46 App.:184. | R.S. § 4284; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1 (related to R.S. § 4284), 19 Stat. 251. |

This section is substituted for 46 App. U.S.C. 183(b) (last sentence) and 184 (words before semicolon) for clarity and consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The text of 46 App. U.S.C. 184 (words after semicolon) is omitted as unnecessary. See G. Gilmore & C. Black, , § 10–8 (2d ed. 1975).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—, substituted “sections 30523 and 30524” for “sections 30505 and 30506” in introductory provisions.

, renumbered  as this section.

Par. (1). , substituted “section 30523” for “section 30505”.

Par. (2). , substituted “section 30524(b)” for “section 30506(b)”.