---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 2106"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "2106"
heading: "Liability in rem"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/2106"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 21 — General"
---

# §2106. Liability in rem


When a vessel is made liable in rem under this subtitle, the vessel may be libeled and proceeded against in the district court of the United States for any district in which the vessel is found.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(4), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1702.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 2106 | 46:170(14) |
|  | 46:216e(e) |
|  | 46:390d |
|  | 46:391a(14)(C) |
|  | 46:436 |
|  | 46:462 |
|  | 46:481(c) |
|  | 46:497 |
|  | 46:526o |
|  | 46:672(j) |
|  | 46:1484(b) |

Section 2106 provides that when a vessel is made liable in rem the vessel may be libeled and proceeded against in a United States district court.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “the district court of the United States for any district” for “a district court of the United States”.