Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73
§44105 Refusal of clearance
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part Part C— - Miscellaneous › Chapter CHAPTER 441— - EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION › § 44105
Summary
The Secretary of Homeland Security must refuse to let a ship covered by these rules leave a U.S. port if the ship does not have a Federal Maritime Commission document showing it follows the required Federal rules. Without that evidence, the ship cannot get the clearance to depart.
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Title 46, §44105
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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall refuse the clearance required by section 60105 of this title, at the port or place of departure from the United States, of a vessel that is subject to this chapter and does not have evidence issued by the Federal Maritime Commission of compliance with section 44102 and 44103 of this title.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4410546 App.:817d(e).Pub. L. 89–777, §§ 2(e), 3(e), Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1357, 1358; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 689(c), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2222. 46 App.:817e(e). The words “Secretary of Homeland Security” are substituted for “Customs Service” because the functions of the Customs Service and of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto were transferred to the Secretary of Homeland Security by section 403(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, 116 Stat. 2178).
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46 U.S.C. § 44105
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73