Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73not60
§44102 Financial Responsibility to Indemnify Passengers for Nonperformance of Transportation
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part C— Miscellaneous › Chapter 441— EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION › § 44102
Summary
Offering covered vessel transport in the U.S. requires filing proof with the Federal Maritime Commission that you can pay passengers if a trip fails. File either the information the Commission needs or a bond, and any bond must be from a company authorized to do business in the United States.
Full Legal Text
Title 46, §44102
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(a)A person in the United States may not arrange, offer, advertise, or provide transportation on a vessel to which this chapter applies unless the person has filed with the Federal Maritime Commission evidence of financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of the transportation.
(b)To satisfy subsection (a), a person must file—
(1)information the Commission considers necessary; or
(2)a copy of a bond or other security, in such form as the Commission by regulation may require.
(c)If a bond is filed, it must be issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in the United States.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4410246 App.:817e(a) (1st–14th, 37th–last words), (b).Pub. L. 89–777, § 3(a) (1st–14th, 37th–last words), (b), Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1357; Pub. L. 103–206, title III, § 320, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2427. In subsection (c), the words “or any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or any territory or possession of the United States” are omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “United States” in chapter 1 of the revised title.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 44102
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60