---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 127.320"
title: "46"
number: "127.320"
heading: "Storm rails."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/127.320"
---

# §127.320. Storm rails.


Suitable storm rails must be installed in each passageway and at the deckhouse sides, including in way of inclined ladders, where persons aboard have normal access. They must be installed on both sides of passageways which are more than 1.8 meters (6 feet) wide.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49328, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.