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§30525 Apportionment of losses

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - Maritime Liability › Chapter CHAPTER 305— - EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY › § 30525

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the money set aside under sections 30523 and 30524 is not enough to pay all claims, all claimants must be paid from the amount under section 30523 in proportion to how much each lost. Claimants for personal injury or death must also get an extra payment, paid proportionally, from the additional amount under section 30524(b).

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Title 46, §30525

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If the amounts determined under section 30523 and 30524 of this title are insufficient to pay all claims—
(1)all claimants shall be paid in proportion to their respective losses out of the amount determined under section 30523 of this title; and
(2)personal injury and death claimants, if any, shall be paid an additional amount in proportion to their respective losses out of the additional amount determined under section 30524(b) of this title.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3050746 App.:183(b) (last sentence).R.S. § 4283(b) (last sentence); Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 804, § 1, 49 Stat. 960; June 5, 1936, ch. 521, § 1, 49 Stat. 1479; Pub. L. 98–498, title II, § 213(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306. 46 App.:184.R.S. § 4284; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1 (related to R.S. § 4284), 19 Stat. 251. This section is substituted for 46 App. U.S.C. 183(b) (last sentence) and 184 (words before semicolon) for clarity and consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The text of 46 App. U.S.C. 184 (words after semicolon) is omitted as unnecessary. See G. Gilmore & C. Black, The Law of Admiralty, § 10–8 (2d ed. 1975).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(4)(A), substituted “section 30523 and 30524” for “section 30505 and 30506” in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(a)(3), renumbered section 30507 of this title as this section. Par. (1). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(4)(B), substituted “section 30523” for “section 30505”. Par. (2). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(4)(C), substituted “section 30524(b)” for “section 30506(b)”.

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46 U.S.C. § 30525

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Apr 6, 2026

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