{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s31341","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f31341.","heading":"Persons presumed to have authority to procure necessaries","text":"\u00a7\u202f31341.\nPersons presumed to have authority to procure necessaries\n(a) The following persons are presumed to have authority to procure necessaries for a vessel:\n(1) the owner;\n(2) the master;\n(3) a person entrusted with the management of the vessel at the port of supply; or\n(4) an officer or agent appointed by\u2014\n(A) the owner;\n(B) a charterer;\n(C) an owner pro hac vice; or\n(D) an agreed buyer in possession of the vessel.\n(b) A person tortiously or unlawfully in possession or charge of a vessel has no authority to procure necessaries for the vessel.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s31341.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f31341."},{"t":"heading","text":"Persons presumed to have authority to procure necessaries"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The following persons are presumed to have authority to procure necessaries for a vessel:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the owner;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the master;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" a person entrusted with the management of the vessel at the port of supply; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" an officer or agent appointed by\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the owner;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a charterer;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/4/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" an owner pro hac vice; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/a/4/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" an agreed buyer in possession of the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31341/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" A person tortiously or unlawfully in possession or charge of a vessel has no authority to procure necessaries for the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}