46-U.S.C.-30908
§30908 – Exemption From Arrest Or Seizure
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Title 46 > Subtitle III > Chapter 309 > Section 30908
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- Reference: Section 30908
- Legend: §30908 – Exemption From Arrest Or Seizure
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The following are not subject to arrest or seizure by judicial process in the United States:
(1) A vessel owned by, possessed by, or operated by or for the United States or a federally-owned corporation.
(2) Cargo owned or possessed by the United States or a federally-owned corporation.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1518.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 30908 | 46 App.:741 (less 11th–26th words). | Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, §1 (less 11th–26th words), 41 Stat. 525; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, §2(a)(2), 64 Stat. 1038; Pub. L. 96–70, §3(b)(5), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 455. |
The words a federally-owned corporation are substituted for any corporation in which the United States or its representatives shall own the entire outstanding capital stock because of the definition of federally-owned corporation in section 30902 of the revised title. The words after March 9, 1920 are omitted as obsolete. The words in view of the provision herein made for a libel in personam are omitted as unnecessary. The words or its possessions are omitted because of the definition of United States in chapter 1 of the revised title. The words Provided, That this chapter shall not apply to the Panama Canal Commission are omitted because the Commission has been dissolved. See 22 U.S.C. 3714a.
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