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title: "46 U.S.C. § 502"
description: "Cargo exempt from forfeiture"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 502 - Cargo exempt from forfeiture
## Text
Cargo on a vessel is exempt from forfeiture under this title if—
(1) the cargo is owned in good faith by a person not the owner, master, or crewmember of the vessel; and
(2) the customs duties on the cargo have been paid or secured for payment as provided by law.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1490.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50246 App.:326.R.S. § 4378.