{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s31342","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f31342.","heading":"Establishing maritime liens","text":"\u00a7\u202f31342.\nEstablishing maritime liens\n(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person providing necessaries to a vessel on the order of the owner or a person authorized by the owner\u2014\n(1) has a maritime lien on the vessel;\n(2) may bring a civil action in rem to enforce the lien; and\n(3) is not required to allege or prove in the action that credit was given to the vessel.\n(b) This section does not apply to a public vessel.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s31342.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31342","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f31342."},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishing maritime liens"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31342/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person providing necessaries to a vessel on the order of the owner or a person authorized by the owner\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31342/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" has a maritime lien on the vessel;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31342/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" may bring a civil action in rem to enforce the lien; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31342/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" is not required to allege or prove in the action that credit was given to the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s31342/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" This section does not apply to a public vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}