---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 60107"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "60107"
heading: "Payment of fees on departing vessel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/60107"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Clearance, Tonnage Taxes, and Duties"
  - "Chapter 601 — Arrival and Departure Requirements"
---

# §60107. Payment of fees on departing vessel


A departing vessel may be cleared only when all legal fees that have accrued on the vessel are paid and proof of payment is presented to the individual granting the clearance.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1676.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60107 | 46 App.:100. | R.S. § 4206. |

This section is substituted for the source provision to eliminate unnecessary words.