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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-145/section-14503.md

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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 14503"
+description: "Certificate of measurement"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "145"
+chapter_name: "REGULATORY MEASUREMENT"
+section: "14503"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 14503"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 14503 - Certificate of measurement
+
+## Text
+
+(a) The Secretary shall prescribe the certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.
+
+(b) The certificate shall be maintained as required by the Secretary.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1923; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision NotesRevised section 14503 Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 72. Section 14503 requires the Secretary to issue a certificate, in a manner that is to be prescribed by the Secretary, as evidence of a vessel’s regulatory measurement.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111–281 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).