---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7108"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "7108"
heading: "Termination of licenses and certificates of registry"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/7108"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
  - "Chapter 71 — Licenses and Certificates of Registry"
---

# §7108. Termination of licenses and certificates of registry


When the holder of a [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) or [certificate of registry](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-1), the duration of which is conditioned under section [7106](/usc/46/7106.md) or [7107](/usc/46/7107.md) of this title, fails to hold the [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) required as a condition, the [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) or [certificate of registry](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-1) issued under this part is terminated.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7108 | 46:229c<br>46:243 |

Section 7108 specifies if any individual issued a license or certificate of registry fails to have the required FCC or appropriate State medical license, the license or certificate is automatically terminated. The suspension and revocation procedures provided in chapter 77 are not applicable in these cases.