---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 540.22"
title: "46"
number: "540.22"
heading: "Proof of financial responsibility, when required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/540.22"
---

# §540.22. Proof of financial responsibility, when required.


No vessel shall embark passengers at U.S. ports unless a Certificate (Casualty) has been issued to or covers the owner or charterer of such vessel.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C., 44101-44106, 46105.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 36313, Sept. 14, 1984, unless otherwise noted.