46 USC § 7501 - Duplicates

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s7501"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 7501 - Duplicates"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "7501"
section_name: "Duplicates"
chapter_number: 75
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
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. 545; Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(9)(C), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(b)(5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4751.)"
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# § 7501. Duplicates

**(a)** If a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under this part is lost as a result of a marine casualty, the holder shall be supplied with a duplicate without cost.

**(b)** For any other loss, the holder may obtain a duplicate on payment of reasonable costs prescribed by regulation by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(9)(C), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(b)(5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4751.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 7501 | 46:643(h) |

Section 7501(a) provides that if a license, certificate or document issued to an individual is lost due to a marine casualty, the individual will be supplied with a duplicate without cost.

Subsection (b) provides that if a license, certificate or document is lost for any reason other than a marine casualty, the seaman must pay a reasonable cost for the replacement.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b).  substituted “holder” for “seaman”.

1985—Subsec. (a).  substituted “certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document” for “certificate, or document”.