Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§937 Certificate of compliance with chapter
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › § 937
Summary
Stevedoring firms may not be hired in a compensation district by vessels or hull owners unless they present a deputy commissioner’s certificate showing they have workers’ compensation for their employees. Violators can be fined up to $1,000, jailed up to one year, or both.
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Title 33, §937
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No stevedoring firm shall be employed in any compensation district by a vessel or by hull owners until it presents to such vessel or hull owners a certificate issued by a deputy commissioner assigned to such district that it has complied with the provisions of this chapter requiring the securing of compensation to its employees. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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33 U.S.C. § 937
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73