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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. § 31104"
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description: "Venue"
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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: "311"
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chapter_name: "SUITS INVOLVING PUBLIC VESSELS"
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section: "31104"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31104"
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status: "current"
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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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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s31104"
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---
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# 46 U.S.C. § 31104 - Venue
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## Text
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(a) In General.— A civil action under this chapter shall be brought in the district court of the United States for the district in which the vessel or cargo is found within the United States.
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(b) Vessel or Cargo Outside Territorial Waters.— If the vessel or cargo is outside the territorial waters of the United States—
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(1) the action shall be brought in the district court of the United States for any district in which any plaintiff resides or has an office for the transaction of business; or
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(2) if no plaintiff resides or has an office for the transaction of business in the United States, the action may be brought in the district court of the United States for any district.
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(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1521.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3110446 App.:782 (1st sentence).Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, § 2 (1st sentence), 43 Stat. 1112. In subsection (a), the words “charged with creating the liability” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b)(2), the words “in the United States” are omitted as unnecessary.
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