18 U.S.C. § 26 — Definition of seaport

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This section defines 'seaport,' for this title of federal criminal law, as piers, wharves, docks, and similar structures where a vessel can dock. The definition also includes the land and water around those structures, plus any buildings on or next to them and their equipment and materials.

For this title of the U.S. Code, "seaport" means all piers, wharves, docks, and similar structures next to waters under U.S. jurisdiction, where a vessel can be tied up (secured). This includes: the areas of land, water, or land and water under and immediately next to those structures; buildings on or touching those structures; and the equipment and materials on the structures or inside those buildings.

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As used in this title, the term “seaport” means all piers, wharves, docks, and similar structures, adjacent to any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to which a vessel may be secured, including areas of land, water, or land and water under and in immediate proximity to such structures, buildings on or contiguous to such structures, and the equipment and materials on such structures or in such buildings.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 302(c), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 233.)

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2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-177 · 120 Stat. 233

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