---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 2106"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "2106"
heading: "Liability in rem"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/2106"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 21 — General"
---

# §2106. Liability in rem


When a [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) is made liable in rem under this subtitle, the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) may be libeled and proceeded against in the district court of the [United States](/usc/46/114.md) for any district in which the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) is found.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(4), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1702.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 2106 | 46:170(14) |
|  | 46:216e(e) |
|  | 46:390d |
|  | 46:391a(14)(C) |
|  | 46:436 |
|  | 46:462 |
|  | 46:481(c) |
|  | 46:497 |
|  | 46:526o |
|  | 46:672(j) |
|  | 46:1484(b) |

Section 2106 provides that when a vessel is made liable in rem the vessel may be libeled and proceeded against in a United States district court.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “the district court of the United States for any district” for “a district court of the United States”.