---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31103"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "31103"
heading: "Applicable procedure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/31103"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 311 — Suits Involving Public Vessels"
---

# §31103. Applicable procedure


A civil action under this chapter is subject to the provisions of [chapter 309](/usc/46/chstIII/ch309.md) of this title except to the extent inconsistent with this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1521.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31103 | 46 App.:782 (last sentence words before last comma). | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, § 2 (last sentence words before last comma), 43 Stat. 1112. |