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46 U.S.C. § 30525 — Apportionment of losses

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46 U.S.C. § 30525 — Apportionment of losses

If the amounts determined under sections 30523 and 30524 of this title are insufficient to pay all claims— (1) all claimants shall be paid in proportion to their respective losses out of the amount determined under [section 30523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30523&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) personal injury and death claimants, if any, shall be paid an additional amount in proportion to their respective losses out of the additional amount determined under [section 30524(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30524/b&num=0&edition=prelim).

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If the amounts determined under sections 30523 and 30524 of this title are insufficient to pay all claims— (1) all claimants shall be paid in proportion to their respective losses out of the amount determined under [section 30523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30523&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) personal injury and death claimants, if any, shall be paid an additional amount in proportion to their respective losses out of the additional amount determined under [section 30524(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30524/b&num=0&edition=prelim).

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46 U.S.C. § 30523 — General limit of liability

**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in [section 30524 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30524&num=0&edition=prelim), the liability of the owner of a vessel for any claim, debt, or liability described in subsection (b) shall not exceed the value of the vessel and pending freight. If the vessel has more than one owner, the proportionate share of the liability of any one owner shall not exceed that owner’s proportionate interest in the vessel and pending freight. **(b) Claims Subject to Limitation.—** Unless otherwise excluded by law, claims, debts, and liabilities subject to limitation under subsection (a) are those arising from any embezzlement, loss, or destruction of any property, goods, or merchandise shipped or put on board the vessel, any loss, damage, or injury by collision, or any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of the owner. **(c) Wages.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to a claim for wages.

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46 U.S.C. § 30525 — Apportionment of losses

Page 260 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 30525 of this Appendix, as amended’’ are omitted as unneces- sary. This provision is restated also at section 30508(a) of the revised title. In subsection (b), the words ‘‘is such that the portion available to pay claims for personal injury or death’’ are substituted for ‘‘is insufficient to pay all losses in full, and the portion of such amount applicable to the payment of losses in respect of loss of life or bodily in- jury’’ to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (c), the words ‘‘self-propelled vessel’’ are substituted for ‘‘steam or motor vessel’’, and the words ‘‘tonnage for documentation’’ are substituted for ‘‘registered tonnage’’, for consistency in the revised title. The words ‘‘space for the use of seamen’’ are sub- stituted for ‘‘space occupied by seamen or apprentices and appropriated to their use’’ to eliminate unneces- sary words. In subsection (d), the words ‘‘Separate limits of li- ability apply’’ are substituted for ‘‘The owner . . . shall be liable . . . to the same extent as if no other loss of life or bodily injury had arisen’’ to eliminate unneces- sary words. In subsection (e), the words ‘‘the privity or knowl- edge . . . is imputed to the owner’’ are substituted for ‘‘shall be deemed conclusively the privity or knowledge of the owner’’ for consistency and to eliminate unnec- essary words. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(a)(3), renumbered section 30506 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(3), substituted ‘‘section 30523’’ for ‘‘section 30505’’. § 30525. Apportionment of losses If the amounts determined under sections 30523 and 30524 of this title are insufficient to pay all claims— (1) all claimants shall be paid in proportion

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