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| LegalText | 46 U.S.C. § 5103 | Load line requirements | us | united_states_code | code_section | 46 | SHIPPING | 51 | LOAD LINES | 5103 | 46 U.S.C. § 5103 | current | 119-100 | 2026-06-26 | official | https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip | /us/usc/t46/s5103 | data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml | d540fced6710349caaa20507e524093cb9b316c9c011448955d80f510eed20ee | eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f | 085dd0faa74dda74c5ff7cbbfbf7e6fe48cf3c56da6412d98fe3670fab1bb431 | 2026-07-04 | official |
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46 U.S.C. § 5103 - Load line requirements
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(a) A vessel may be operated only if the vessel has been assigned load lines.
(b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel shall mark and maintain the load lines permanently and conspicuously in the way prescribed by the Secretary.
(c) A fishing vessel built on or before July 1, 2013, that undergoes a major conversion completed after the later of July 1, 2013, or the date the Secretary establishes standards for an alternate loadline compliance program, shall comply with such an alternative loadline compliance program that is developed in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry and prescribed by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1915; Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 604(d)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2965; Pub. L. 112–213, title III, § 305(d)(2), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1565.)
Notes
Historical and Revision NotesRevised section 5103 Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 86c, 88b. Section 5103(a) prohibits a vessel that is subject to load line requirements from operating, unless it has load lines assigned by the Secretary. Section 5103(b) requires that load lines be permanently and conspicuously maintained in the manner prescribed by the Secretary.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2012—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–213 substituted “July 1, 2013,” for “July 1, 2012,” in two places and substituted “major conversion” for “substantial change to the dimension of or type of the vessel”. 2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–281 added subsec. (c).