---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7105"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "7105"
heading: "Oaths"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/7105"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
  - "Chapter 71 — Licenses and Certificates of Registry"
---

# §7105. Oaths


An applicant for a [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) or [certificate of registry](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-1) shall take, before the issuance of the [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) or certificate, an oath, without concealment or reservation, that the applicant will perform faithfully and honestly, according to the best skill and judgment of the applicant, all the duties required by law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540; Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 613, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2970.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7105 | 46:229e<br>46:231<br>46:244 |

Section 7105 requires all individuals who wish to be issued a license or certificate of registry to take an oath before a government official that they will perform all the duties required by law according to their best skill and judgment.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–281 struck out “before a designated official” after “an oath”.