Maritime & Admiralty Law
Maritime and Admiralty Law is an intricate, complex area of the law fraught with regulations to make compliance a legal nightmare. Maritime and Admiralty law primarily concerns the vessel by creating a legal fiction that the vessel is a separate and distinct legal entity to afford recourse against contract disputes, personal injury claims, and liens concerning that vessel.
The Dickson Davis Law Firm handles the following types of legal services:
- Maritime Accidents & Personal Injury
- Marine Insurance
- Maritime Liens and Vessel Arrests
- Maritime Contracts
There are key issues to determine as to whether you have a maritime & admiralty claim or not, and whether you can bring your claim in federal or state court depending on the nature of your case. Again, the question of what law applies may also change the nature of your claim and which law to apply to your claim. Maritime and Admiralty Law related to South Carolina is federalism on stage as to the extent that South Carolina law adopts and incorporates federal law.
Title 50 of the South Carolina Code primarily governs the use, maintenance, purchase, or sale of vessels, or watercrafts in South Carolina:
- Title 50, Chapter 1 - General Provisions
- Title 50, Chapter 19 - Fishing Restrictions
- Title 50, Chapter 20 - Interstate Boating Violator Compact
- Title 50, Chapter 21 - Operating Watercrafts
- Title 50, Chapter 23 - Watercrafts and Outboard Motors
- Title 50, Chapter 25 - Boating Restrictions at Certain Localities
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
- South Carolina Administrative Decisions
The interrelationship between federal law and state law concerning your legal issues matters.
Federal Law governing maritime & admiralty law is broad and complex:
- Title 18 of the United States Code
- Title 46 of the United States Code
- Title 33 of the Federal Code of Regulations
- Title 46 of the Federal Code of Regulations
- American Maritime Cases
- United States Coast Guard, a Department of Homeland Security
- United States National Vessel Documentation Center
- More information on purchasing a vessel from All Oceans Closing
Additionally, the Dickson Davis Law Firm also deals with non-maritime issues as well:
- Sale of Vessels
- Document Review for the Sale of Vessels
- Drafting a Purchase-Sale Agreements for the Sale of Vessels
- Title abstract for the Sale of Vessels
- Verification of unpaid or paid personal property taxes regarding the Sale of Vessels
- Closing Attorney for the Sale of Vessels
- Verification for the status of a Vessel as a Documented Vessel
- Recreational Boating Accidents (Personal Injury)
Talk with the Dickson Davis Law Firm to explore your options after a thorough consultation. We are here to help you make a meaningful decision regarding your current maritime needs or claims, or related non-maritime needs or claims.