Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2710 Indemnification agreements
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - OIL POLLUTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION › § 2710
Summary
Allows agreements to insure or hold someone harmless for liability, but those contracts cannot shift who the law holds responsible. A responsible party or guarantor may still sue others to get repaid (subrogation).
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §2710
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(a)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)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)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.
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References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, 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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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2710
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73