46 U.S.C. § 30308
Section 30308 · Nonapplication
This is the Death on the High Seas Act
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case In re Air Crash off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996 (2000)
Most recently applied in Patricia LaCourse v. Defense Support Services LLC (November 2020)
(a) State Law.—This chapter does not affect the law of a State regulating the right to recover for death.
(b) Internal Waters.—This chapter does not apply to the Great Lakes or waters within the territorial limits of a State.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30308 46 App.:767. Mar. 30, 1920, ch. 111, §7, 41 Stat. 538. In subsection (a), the words “law of a State” are substituted for “any State statute” for consistency in the revised title. The words “regulating the right to recover for death” are substituted for “giving or regulating rights of action or remedies for death” to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (b), the words “or to any navigable waters in the Panama Canal Zone” are omitted because the Panama Canal Zone was transferred to the Republic of Panama.