Vessel Without Nationality 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 without nationality includes
(A) a vessel aboard which the master or individual in charge makes a claim of registry that is denied by the nation whose registry is claimed;
(B) a vessel aboard which the master or individual in charge fails, on request of an officer of the United States authorized to enforce applicable provisions of United States law, to make a claim of nationality or registry for that vessel; and
(C) a vessel aboard which the master or individual in charge makes a claim of registry and for which the claimed nation of registry does not affirmatively and unequivocally assert that the vessel is of its nationality.
