{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-80.91","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 80.91","heading":"Order of priority of communications.","body":"(a) All stations in the maritime mobile service and the maritime mobile-satellite service shall be capable of offering four levels of priority in the following order:\n(1) Distress calls, distress messages, and distress traffic.\n(2) Urgency communications.\n(3) Safety communications.\n(4) Other communications.\n(b) In a fully automated system, where it is impracticable to offer all four levels of priority, category 1 shall receive priority until such time as intergovernmental agreements remove exemptions granted for such systems from offering the complete order of priority.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES","PART 80—STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES","Subpart C—Operating Requirements and Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"2a9dd4f8c55a2c32a750e3ec2d11bb007e9e7bdd4d41181efd36fc3937baf8cb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-80.90","next":"us/47-cfr-80.92"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}