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title: "46 U.S.C. § 60106"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE REQUIREMENTS"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 60106 - State inspection laws

## Text

When State law requires a certificate of inspection for goods carried on a vessel, a vessel transporting the goods may not be cleared until the certificate is produced.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1676.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6010646 App.:97.R.S. § 4202. This section is substituted for the source provision to eliminate unnecessary words.