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[CITE: 46USC31302]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                    Subtitle III--Maritime Liability
 
         CHAPTER 313--COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND MARITIME LIENS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 31302. Availability of instruments, copies, and information

    The Secretary of Transportation shall--
        (1) make any instrument filed or recorded with the Secretary 
    under this chapter available for public inspection;
        (2) on request, provide a copy, including a certified copy, of 
    any instrument made available for public inspection under this 
    chapter; and
        (3) on request, provide a certificate containing information 
    included in an instrument filed or recorded under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 100-710, title I, Sec. 102(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4740.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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31302(1)..........................  46:927 (1st sentence)
31302(2)..........................  46:927 (2d sentence)
31302(3)..........................  New
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    Section 31302(1) makes all instruments filed for recording or 
recorded with the Secretary of Transportation available for public 
inspection. The only substantive change to law made by this subsection 
is the inclusion of instruments filed for recording, which is in keeping 
with the new requirements on filing of instruments made in section 
31321.
    Section 31302(2) requires the Secretary to provide the public with a 
certified copy of the material made available to the public under 
subsection (a). This subsection makes no substantive change to law.
    Section 31302(3) requires the Secretary, on request, to issue a 
certificate containing the information included in instruments on file, 
such as certificates of ownership.
