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[CITE: 46USC31307]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                    Subtitle III--Maritime Liability
 
         CHAPTER 313--COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND MARITIME LIENS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 31307. State statutes superseded

    This chapter supersedes any State statute conferring a lien on a 
vessel to the extent the statute establishes a claim to be enforced by a 
civil action in rem against the vessel for necessaries.

(Pub. L. 100-710, title I, Sec. 102(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4741.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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31307.............................  46:975
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    Section 31307 provides for preemption of State laws to the extent a 
claim for necessaries is enforced by a civil action in rem in admiralty 
against the vessel.
