---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 126.180"
title: "46"
number: "126.180"
heading: "Carriage of passengers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/126.180"
---

# §126.180. Carriage of passengers.


No passengers as defined by subparagraph (B) of the definition of passenger in [46 U.S.C. 2101](/usc/46/2101.md) may be carried aboard an OSV except in an emergency.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52881, Nov. 24, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3205, 3306, 3307, 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49324, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52881, Nov. 24, 2025]