2018 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle IV - Regulation of Ocean Shipping
Part C - Miscellaneous
Chapter 441 - Evidence of Financial Responsibility for Passenger Transportation
Sec. 44102 - Financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of transportation

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Citation 46 U.S.C. § 44102 (2018)
Section Name §44102. Financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of transportation
Section Text

(a) Filing Requirement.—A person in the United States may not arrange, offer, advertise, or provide transportation on a vessel to which this chapter applies unless the person has filed with the Federal Maritime Commission evidence of financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of the transportation.

(b) Satisfactory Evidence.—To satisfy subsection (a), a person must file—

(1) information the Commission considers necessary; or

(2) a copy of a bond or other security, in such form as the Commission by regulation may require.


(c) Authorized Issuer of Bond.—If a bond is filed, it must be issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in the United States.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, §7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1554.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
44102 46 App.:817e(a) (1st–14th, 37th–last words), (b). Pub. L. 89–777, §3(a) (1st–14th, 37th–last words), (b), Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1357; Pub. L. 103–206, title III, §320, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2427.

In subsection (c), the words "or any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or any territory or possession of the United States" are omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of "United States" in chapter 1 of the revised title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle IV - Regulation of Ocean Shipping
Part C - Miscellaneous
CHAPTER 441 - EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 44102 - Financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of transportation
Contains section 44102
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 80 Stat. 1357
107 Stat. 2427
120 Stat. 1554
Public Law References Public Law 89-777, Public Law 103-206, Public Law 109-304
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