---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stV/ptE/ch561"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 561"
heading: "Restrictions on Transfers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stV-ptE-ch561"
sections_count: 5
---

# Chapter 561 — Restrictions on Transfers

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part E — Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities

## Sections

- [§56101. Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen](/usc/46/56101.md)
- [§56102. Additional controls during war or national emergency](/usc/46/56102.md)
- [§56103. Conditional approvals](/usc/46/56103.md)
- [§56104. Penalty for false statements](/usc/46/56104.md)
- [§56105. Forfeiture procedure](/usc/46/56105.md)