46 USC § 56312 - Documented defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s56312"
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title: "46 USC § 56312 - Documented defined"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "56312"
section_name: "Documented defined"
chapter_number: 563
chapter_name: "EMERGENCY ACQUISITION OF VESSELS"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(d), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1913.)"
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# § 56312. Documented defined

In sections 56309 through 56311, the term “documented” means, with respect to a vessel, that a certificate of documentation has been issued for the vessel under chapter 121.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(d), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1913.)