---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 2117"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "2117"
heading: "Termination for unsafe operation"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/2117"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 21 — General"
---

# §2117. Termination for unsafe operation


An individual authorized to enforce this title—

- (1) may remove a [certificate](/usc/46/55104.md?p=a-1) required by this title from a [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) that is operating in a condition that does not comply with the provisions of the [certificate](/usc/46/55104.md?p=a-1);
- (2) may order the individual in charge of a [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) that is operating that does not have on board the [certificate](/usc/46/55104.md?p=a-1) required by this title to return the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) to a mooring and to remain there until the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) is in compliance with this title; and
- (3) may direct the individual in charge of a [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) to which this title applies to immediately take reasonable steps necessary for the safety of individuals on board the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) if the official observes the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) being operated in an unsafe condition that the official believes creates an especially hazardous condition, including ordering the individual in charge to return the [vessel](/usc/46/115.md) to a mooring and to remain there until the situation creating the hazard is corrected or ended.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 608(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2967.)