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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-313/section-31324.md

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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 31324"
+description: "Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "313"
+chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND MARITIME LIENS"
+section: "31324"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31324"
+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/s31324"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 31324 - Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages
+
+## Text
+
+(a) On request, the owner, master, or individual in charge of a vessel covered by a preferred mortgage shall permit a person to examine the mortgage if the person has business with the vessel that may give rise to a maritime lien or the sale, conveyance, mortgage, or assignment of a mortgage of the vessel.
+
+(b) A mortgagor of a preferred mortgage covering a self-propelled vessel shall use diligence in keeping a certified copy of the mortgage on the vessel.
+
+(Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 102(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4744.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 3132446:923 Section 31324(a) provides for examination of mortgages of a vessel that is covered by a preferred mortgage by persons that have business with the vessel that may give rise to a maritime lien or the sale, conveyance, mortgage, or assignment of the mortgage. This subsection makes no substantive change to law. Section 31324(b) requires that a certified copy of the mortgage must be on board a self-propelled vessel. This subsection makes no substantive change to law.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710, set out as a note under section 31301 of this title.