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title: "46 U.S.C. § 60107"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 60107 - Payment of fees on departing vessel

## Text

A departing vessel may be cleared only when all legal fees that have accrued on the vessel are paid and proof of payment is presented to the individual granting the clearance.

(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) 6010746 App.:100.R.S. § 4206. This section is substituted for the source provision to eliminate unnecessary words.