43 U.S.C. § 2106
Section 2106 · Relationship to other laws
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. Shipwrecked Vessel Known as the Captain Lawrence (1997)
Most recently applied in Northeast Research, LLC v. One Shipwrecked Vessel (September 2013)
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The law of salvage and the law of finds shall not apply to abandoned shipwrecks to which section 2105 of this title applies.
This chapter shall not change the laws of the United States relating to shipwrecks, other than those to which this chapter applies.
This chapter shall not affect any legal proceeding brought prior to April 28, 1988.