---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7110"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "7110"
heading: "Exhibiting licenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/7110"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
  - "Chapter 71 — Licenses and Certificates of Registry"
---

# §7110. Exhibiting licenses


Each holder of a [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) issued under this part shall display, within 48 hours after employment on a vessel for which that [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) is required, the [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) in a conspicuous place on the vessel.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 541.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7109 | 46:229f<br>46:232 |

Section 7110 requires licensed individuals to display the license in a conspicuous place on the vessel within 48 hours after they are employed.