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Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73not60

§41301 Complaints

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part A— Ocean Shipping › Chapter 413— ENFORCEMENT › § 41301

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

You can file a sworn complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission if someone breaks the rules in this part, except for claims under section 41307(b)(1). If you file within 3 years after the claim starts, you can seek money to fix harm caused by the violation. The Commission must give the complaint to the person named. That person must either fix the complaint or send a written answer in the time the Commission sets. If the complaint is not fixed, the Commission will investigate and issue an order.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §41301

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(a)A person may file with the Federal Maritime Commission a sworn complaint alleging a violation of this part, except section 41307(b)(1). If the complaint is filed within 3 years after the claim accrues, the complainant may seek reparations for an injury to the complainant caused by the violation.
(b)The Commission shall provide a copy of the complaint to the person named in the complaint. Within a reasonable time specified by the Commission, the person shall satisfy the complaint or answer it in writing.
(c)If the complaint is not satisfied, the Commission shall investigate the complaint in an appropriate manner and make an appropriate order.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 41301(a)46 App.:1710(a), (g) (related to time limit).Pub. L. 98–237, § 11(a), (b), (g) (related to time limit), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 98–595, § 3(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3132; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, § 110, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1911. 41301(b)46 App.:1710(b) (1st sentence). 41301(c)46 App.:1710(b) (last sentence). In subsection (a), the words “If the complaint is filed within 3 years after the claim accrues” are substituted for “For any complaint filed within 3 years after the cause of action accrued” in 46 App. U.S.C. 1710(g) to alert the reader to that time limitation.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 41301

Title 46 — Shipping

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60