---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 106"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "106"
heading: "Documented vessel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/106"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — General"
  - "Chapter 1 — Definitions"
---

# §106. Documented vessel


In this title, the term “documented vessel” means a vessel for which a certificate of documentation has been issued under [chapter 121](/usc/46/chstII/ptH/ch121.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1486.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 106 | 46:2101(10). |  |