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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-145/section-14502.md

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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 14502"
+description: "Measurement"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "145"
+chapter_name: "REGULATORY MEASUREMENT"
+section: "14502"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 14502"
+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_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s14502"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 14502 - Measurement
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1923.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision NotesRevised section 14502 Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 71, 77, 83. Section 14502 requires the Secretary to measure a vessel to which this chapter applies as provided by this chapter.