By Brian Maloney and Laura Miller ( July 28, 2017, 1:41 PM EDT) -- A federal statute known as the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Lien Act (CIMLA) governs when a person has a maritime lien on a vessel.[1] CIMLA, the successor to the Federal Maritime Lien Act, provides that "a person providing necessaries to a vessel on the order of the owner or a person authorized by the owner — (1) has a maritime lien on the vessel; (2) may bring a civil action in rem to enforce the lien; and (3) is not required to allege or prove in the action that credit was given to the vessel."...
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