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title: "46 U.S.C. § 56312"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 56312 - Documented defined

## Text

In sections 56309 through 56311, the term “documented” means, with respect to a vessel, that a certificate of documentation has been issued for the vessel under chapter 121.

(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(d), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1913.)