---
type: "LegalText"
title: "46 U.S.C. § 2106"
description: "Liability in rem"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "21"
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
section: "2106"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 2106"
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/s2106"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml"
source_hash: "530aa77dad74cb69e012b04f40a93955ada742e9c0f7c15d9de7231d688b901e"
raw_snapshot_hash: "eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f"
text_hash: "dba5c473337a513593f47ed983fab5ff7e3fd9f880822c1785280f76537b7f7d"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 46 U.S.C. § 2106 - Liability in rem

## Text

When a vessel is made liable in rem under this subtitle, the vessel may be libeled and proceeded against in the district court of the United States for any district in which the vessel is found.

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(4), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1702.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 210646:170(14)  46:216e(e)  46:390d  46:391a(14)(C)  46:436  46:462  46:481(c)  46:497  46:526o  46:672(j)  46:1484(b) Section 2106 provides that when a vessel is made liable in rem the vessel may be libeled and proceeded against in a United States district court.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2006—Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “the district court of the United States for any district” for “a district court of the United States”.