---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 3821"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "3821"
heading: "Vessels subject to inspection"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/3821"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Panama Canal"
  - "Subchapter I — Administration and Regulations"
  - "Part 8 — Shipping and Navigation"
  - "Subpart ii — inspection of vessels"
---

# §3821. Vessels subject to inspection


With the exception of private vessels merely transiting the Panama Canal, and of public vessels of all nations, vessels navigating the waters of the Panama Canal shall be subject to an annual inspection of hulls, boilers, machinery, equipment, and passenger accommodations.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1811, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 492.)