---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 3310"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "3310"
heading: "Records of certification"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/3310"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part B — Inspection and Regulation of Vessels"
  - "Chapter 33 — Inspection Generally"
---

# §3310. Records of certification


The [Secretary](/usc/46/2101.md?p=46) shall keep records of certificates of inspection of vessels and of all acts in the examination and inspection of vessels, whether of approval or disapproval.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 515.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 3310 | 46:414 |

Section 3310 contains the requirement for maintaining inspection records.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Apr. 15, 1984, see section 2(g)(1) of Pub. L. 98–89, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.