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[CITE: 46USC12104]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                  CHAPTER 121--DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 12104. Effect of documentation

    A certificate of documentation is--
        (1) conclusive evidence of nationality for international 
    purposes, but not in a proceeding conducted under the laws of the 
    United States;
        (2) except for a recreational endorsement, conclusive evidence 
    of qualification to be employed in a specified trade; and
        (3) not conclusive evidence of ownership in a proceeding in 
    which ownership is in issue.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 99-36, 
Sec. 1(a)(7)(B), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 67; Pub. L. 101-225, title III, 
Sec. 301(a)(4), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1920.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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12104.............................  46:65g
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    Section 12104 provides that a certificate of documentation is 
conclusive evidence of nationality but not conclusive evidence of 
ownership in any proceeding in which ownership is an issue.


                               Amendments

    1989--Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-225 substituted ``endorsement'' for 
``vessel license''.
    1985--Par. (2). Pub. L. 99-36 substituted ``recreational'' for 
``pleasure''.
