---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 137.120"
title: "46"
number: "137.120"
heading: "Responsibility for compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/137.120"
---

# §137.120. Responsibility for compliance.

- (a) The owner and managing operator must ensure that the towing vessel is in compliance with this subchapter and other applicable laws and regulations at all times.
- (b) Non-conformities and deficiencies must be corrected in a timely manner.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.