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§30525 Apportionment of Losses
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle III— Maritime Liability › Chapter 305— EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY › Subchapter II— EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY › § 30525
Summary
When the money under sections 30523 and 30524 can't pay all claims, claimants split the 30523 fund by the size of their loss, and injury or death claims also get extra from 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 5, 2026
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