Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States Law and Legal Definition
According to 46 USCS § 70502 [Title 46. Shipping; Subtitle Vii. Security And Drug Enforcement; Chapter 705. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement], vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States includes
(A) a vessel without nationality;
(B) a vessel assimilated to a vessel without nationality under paragraph (2) of article 6 of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas;
(C) a vessel registered in a foreign nation if that nation has consented or waived objection to the enforcement of United States law by the United States;
(D) a vessel in the customs waters of the United States;
(E) a vessel in the territorial waters of a foreign nation if the nation consents to the enforcement of United States law by the United States; and
(F) a vessel in the contiguous zone of the United States, as defined in Presidential Proclamation 7219 of September 2, 1999 that
(i) is entering the United States;
(ii) has departed the United States; or
(iii) is a hovering vessel as defined in section 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Legal Definition list
- Vessel Stability
- Vessel Restricted in Her Ability to Manoeuvre
- Vessel of War
- Vessel of the United States
- Vessel Movement
- Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States
- Vessel Traffic Services
- Vessel Without Nationality
- Vest Fleece
- Vested and Contingent Remainders
- Vested Estate
