46 USC 30526 – Provisions requiring notice of claim or limiting time for bringing action
(a)
Terms Used In 46 USC 30526
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
(b)
(1) giving notice of, or filing a claim for, personal injury or death, in the case of seagoing vessels, to less than 6 months after the date of the injury or death, or in the case of covered small passenger vessels, to less than two years after the date of the injury or death; or
(2) bringing a civil action for personal injury or death, in the case of seagoing vessels, to less than one year after the date of the injury or death, or in the case of covered small passenger vessels, to less than two years after the date of the injury or death.
(c)
(1) the court finds that the owner, master, or agent of the vessel had knowledge of the injury or death and the owner has not been prejudiced by the failure;
(2) the court finds there was a satisfactory reason why the notice could not have been given; or
(3) the owner of the vessel fails to object to the failure to give the notice.
(d)
(1) the date a legal representative is appointed for the minor, incompetent, or decedent‘s estate; or
(2) 3 years after the injury or death.