---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31106"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "31106"
heading: "Exoneration and limitation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/31106"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 311 — Suits Involving Public Vessels"
---

# §31106. Exoneration and limitation


The United States is entitled to the exemptions from and limitations of liability provided by law to an [owner](/usc/46/30501.md?p=2), charterer, operator, or agent of a vessel.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1522.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31106 | 46 App.:789. | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, § 9, 43 Stat. 1113. |