{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-14303","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 14303","heading":"Tonnage Certificate","body":"(a) After measuring a vessel under this chapter, the Secretary shall issue, on request of the owner, an International Tonnage Certificate (1969) and deliver it to the owner or master of the vessel. For a vessel to which the Convention does not apply, the Secretary shall prescribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter. (b) The certificate issued under this section shall be maintained as required by the Secretary.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 143—CONVENTION MEASUREMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"4ff21bfa6605b83611b0306eb9bb06793b0b03759ea363b06ef6d37839f650b0","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-14302","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-14304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}