Coast Guard

Finding the law: Coast Guard in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to coast guard, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines coast guard topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Coast Guard

In Legislation

Coast Guard in the U.S. Code: Title 14

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating coast guard are compiled in the United States Code under Title 14. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Coast Guard (including coast guard) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Regular Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary of the US Code, including coast guard) by chapter and subchapter.