{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s12107","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12107.","heading":"Wrecked vessels","text":"\u00a7\u202f12107.\nWrecked vessels\n(a)\nRequirements.\u2014\nA vessel is a wrecked vessel under this chapter if it\u2014\n(1) was wrecked on a coast of the United States or adjacent waters; and\n(2) has undergone repairs in a shipyard in the United States equal to at least 3 times the appraised salvage value of the vessel.\n(b)\nAppraisals.\u2014\nThe Secretary may appoint a board of three appraisers to determine whether a vessel satisfies subsection (a)(2). The costs of the appraisal shall be paid by the owner of the vessel.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s12107.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12107","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12107."},{"t":"heading","text":"Wrecked vessels"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12107/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirements.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A vessel is a wrecked vessel under this chapter if it\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12107/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" was wrecked on a coast of the United States or adjacent waters; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12107/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" has undergone repairs in a shipyard in the United States equal to at least 3 times the appraised salvage value of the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12107/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Appraisals.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary may appoint a board of three appraisers to determine whether a vessel satisfies subsection (a)(2). The costs of the appraisal shall be paid by the owner of the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}