Abandoned Shipwrecks

Abandoned Shipwrecks

In Legislation

Abandoned Shipwrecks in the U.S. Code: Title 43, Chapter 39

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating abandoned shipwrecks are compiled in the United States Code under Title 43, Chapter 39. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Public Lands (including abandoned shipwrecks) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Land of the US Code, including abandoned shipwrecks) by chapter and subchapter.