Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§1483 Foreign Government Ships; Immunity
Title 33 › CHAPTER 28 — POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION › § 1483
Summary
No actions under this law can be taken against a warship, or any ship a country owns or runs, if the ship is, at that time, being used only for government, noncommercial purposes.
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Title 33, §1483
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No measures may be taken under authority of this chapter against any warship or other ship owned or operated by a country and used, for the time being, only on Government noncommercial service.
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33 U.S.C. § 1483
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102