---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 30905"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "30905"
heading: "Period for bringing action"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/30905"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 309 — Suits in Admiralty Against the United States"
---

# §30905. Period for bringing action


A civil action under this chapter must be brought within 2 years after the cause of action arose.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1518.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30905 | 46 App.:745 (words before 1st proviso). | Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, § 5 (words before 1st proviso), 41 Stat. 526; June 30, 1932, ch. 315, 47 Stat. 420; Dec. 13, 1950, ch. 1136, 64 Stat. 1112. |