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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 313— COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND MARITIME LIENS · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL · § 31303

§ 31303. Certain civil actions not authorized

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If a mortgage covers a vessel and additional property that is not a vessel, this chapter does not authorize a civil action in rem to enforce the rights of the mortgagee under the mortgage against the additional property.
(Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 102(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4740.)
Section 31303 makes it clear that, if a mortgage covers a vessel and additional property that is not a vessel, this chapter does not authorize a civil action in rem in admiralty to enforce rights against the additional property. This section makes no substantive change to law.
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  • Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 102(c)
  • 102 Stat. 4740
  • section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710
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§ 31303
Certain civil actions not authorized
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 102(c)
Stat.102 Stat. 4740
Pub. L.section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710
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