---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 515.3"
title: "46"
number: "515.3"
heading: "License; when required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/515.3"
---

# §515.3. License; when required.

- (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no person in the United States may advertise, hold oneself out, or act as an ocean transportation intermediary unless that person holds a valid license issued by the Commission.
- (b) For purposes of this part, a person is considered to be “in the United States” if such person is resident in, or incorporated or established under, the laws of the United States.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 9683, Feb. 20, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 40102, 40104, 40501-40503, 40901-40904, 41101-41109, 41301-41302, 41305-41307, 46105; Pub. L. 105-383, 112 Stat. 3411; 21 U.S.C. 862.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 11171, Mar. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 9683, Feb. 20, 2020]