2017 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 40 - Oil Pollution
Subchapter I - Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation
Sec. 2710 - Indemnification agreements

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 2710 (2017)
Section Name §2710. Indemnification agreements
Section Text (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), 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.

Source Credit

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

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 40 - OIL POLLUTION
SUBCHAPTER I - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
Sec. 2710 - Indemnification agreements
Contains section 2710
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 498, 484
Public Law References Public Law 101-380
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