---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stIII/ch313/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Commercial Instruments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stIII-ch313-schII"
sections_count: 10
---

# Subchapter II — Commercial Instruments

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle III — Maritime Liability › Chapter 313 — Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens

## Sections

- [§31321. Filing, recording, and discharge](/usc/46/31321.md)
- [§31322. Preferred mortgages](/usc/46/31322.md)
- [§31323. Disclosing and incurring obligations before executing preferred mortgages](/usc/46/31323.md)
- [§31324. Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages](/usc/46/31324.md)
- [§31325. Preferred mortgage liens and enforcement](/usc/46/31325.md)
- [§31326. Court sales to enforce preferred mortgage liens and maritime liens and priority of claims](/usc/46/31326.md)
- [§31327. Forfeiture of mortgagee interest](/usc/46/31327.md)
- [§31328. Repealed.](/usc/46/31328.md)
- [§31329. Court sales of documented vessels](/usc/46/31329.md)
- [§31330. Penalties](/usc/46/31330.md)