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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 2106"
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description: "Liability in rem"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "21"
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chapter_name: "GENERAL"
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section: "2106"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 2106"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 46 U.S.C. § 2106 - Liability in rem
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## Text
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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.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(4), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1702.)
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## Notes
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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.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2006—Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “the district court of the United States for any district” for “a district court of the United States”.
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