---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.38"
title: "33"
number: "401.38"
heading: "Limit of approach to a lock."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.38"
---

# §401.38. Limit of approach to a lock.


A vessel approaching a lock shall comply with directions indicated by the signal light system associated with the lock and in no case shall its stem pass the designated limit of approach sign while a red light or no light is displayed.


## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 18995, Apr. 27, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 18995, Apr. 27, 2009]