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title: "46 U.S.C. § 31307"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND MARITIME LIENS"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 31307 - State statutes superseded

## Text

This chapter supersedes any State statute conferring a lien on a vessel to the extent the statute establishes a claim to be enforced by a civil action in rem against the vessel for necessaries.

(Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 102(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4741.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 3130746:975 Section 31307 provides for preemption of State laws to the extent a claim for necessaries is enforced by a civil action in rem in admiralty against the vessel.

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.