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46 U.S.C. § 12132 — Loss of coastwise trade privileges
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**(a) Sold Foreign or Placed Under Foreign Registry.—** A vessel of more than 200 gross tons (as measured under chapter 143 of this title), eligible to engage in the coastwise trade, and later sold foreign in whole or in part or placed under foreign registry may not thereafter engage in the coastwise trade.
**(b) Rebuilt Outside the United States.—** A vessel eligible to engage in the coastwise trade and later rebuilt outside the United States may not thereafter engage in the coastwise trade.
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**(a) Sold Foreign or Placed Under Foreign Registry.—** A vessel of more than 200 gross tons (as measured under chapter 143 of this title), eligible to engage in the coastwise trade, and later sold foreign in whole or in part or placed under foreign registry may not thereafter engage in the coastwise trade.
**(b) Rebuilt Outside the United States.—** A vessel eligible to engage in the coastwise trade and later rebuilt outside the United States may not thereafter engage in the coastwise trade.
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**(a)** A documented vessel may be sold by order of a district court only to—
(1) a person eligible to own a documented vessel under [section 12103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12103&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) a mortgagee of that vessel.
**(b)** When a vessel is sold to a mortgagee not eligible to own a documented vessel—
(1) the vessel must be held by the mortgagee for resale;
(2) the vessel held by the mortgagee is subject to chapter 563 of this title; and
(3) the sale of the vessel to the mortgagee is not a sale to a person not a citizen of the United States under [section 12132 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12132&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** Unless waived by the Secretary of Transportation, a person purchasing a vessel by court order under subsection (a)(1) of this section or from a mortgagee under subsection (a)(2) of this section must document the vessel under chapter 121 of this title.
**(d)** The vessel may be operated by the mortgagee not eligible to own a documented vessel only with the approval of the Secretary of Transportation.
**(e)** A sale of a vessel contrary to this section is void.
**(f)** This section does not apply to a documented vessel that has been operated only for pleasure.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 12136
§ 12132. Loss of coastwise trade privileges
(a) SOLD FOREIGN OR PLACED UNDER FOREIGN
REGISTRY.—A vessel of more than 200 gross tons
(as measured under chapter 143 of this title), eli-
gible to engage in the coastwise trade, and later
sold foreign in whole or in part or placed under
foreign registry may not thereafter engage in
the coastwise trade.
(b) REBUILT OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—A
vessel eligible to engage in the coastwise trade
and later rebuilt outside the United States may
not thereafter engage in the coastwise trade.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1505.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
12132(a) ......
46 App.:883 (1st pro-
viso).
June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 27 (1st
proviso, 2d proviso less
meaning of ‘‘rebuilt’’), 41
Stat. 999; July 2, 1935, ch.
355, 49 Stat. 442; July 14,
1956, ch. 600, § 1, 70 Stat.
544; Pub. L. 86–583, § 1,
July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 321;
Pub. L. 100–239, § 6(c)(1),
Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat.
1782; Pub. L. 104–324, title
XI, § 1120(e), Oct. 19, 1996,
110 Stat. 3978.
12132(b) ......
46 App.:883 (2d pro-
viso less meaning
of ‘‘rebuilt’’).
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘eligible to engage in the
coastwise trade’’ are substituted for ‘‘having at any
time acquired the lawful right to engage in the coast-
wise trade, either by virtue of having been built in, or
documented under the laws of the United States’’, and
the words ‘‘thereafter engage’’ are substituted for
‘‘hereafter acquire the right to engage’’, to eliminate
unnecessary words.
In subsection (b), the words ‘‘eligible to engage in the
coastwise trade’’ are substituted for ‘‘which has ac-
quired the lawful right to engage in the coastwise
trade, b
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