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2012 U.S. Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 40 - OIL POLLUTION (§§ 2701 - 2762)
Subchapter I - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION (§§ 2701 - 2720)
Section 2710 - Indemnification agreements

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 40 - OIL POLLUTION
SUBCHAPTER I - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
Sec. 2710 - Indemnification agreements
Containssection 2710
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 101-380, title I, §1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.
Statutes at Large References104 Stat. 498, 484
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 101-380

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OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION - 33 U.S.C. § 2710 (2012)
§2710. Indemnification agreements (a) Agreements not prohibited

Nothing in this Act prohibits any agreement to insure, hold harmless, or indemnify a party to such agreement for any liability under this Act.

(b) Liability not transferred

No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or conveyance shall be effective to transfer liability imposed under this Act from a responsible party or from any person who may be liable for an incident under this Act to any other person.

(c) Relationship to other causes of action

Nothing in this Act, including the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, bars a cause of action that a responsible party subject to liability under this Act, or a guarantor, has or would have, by reason of subrogation or otherwise, against any person.

(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, §1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2701 of this title and Tables.

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