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legal/us/code/title-33/chapter-40/section-2709.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "33 U.S.C. § 2709"
+description: "Contribution"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 33
+title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
+chapter_number: "40"
+chapter_name: "OIL POLLUTION"
+section: "2709"
+citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2709"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2709"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-33/usc33.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 33 U.S.C. § 2709 - Contribution
+
+## Text
+
+A person may bring a civil action for contribution against any other person who is liable or potentially liable under this Act or another law. The action shall be brought in accordance with section 2717 of this title.
+
+(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1009, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 497.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2701 of this title and Tables.