46 CFR 72.10-20
§ 72.10-20 No means for locking door.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 72.10-20, § 72.10-20 No means for locking door, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/225888
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(a) No means shall be provided for locking doors giving access to either of the 2 required means of escape, except that crash doors or locking devices, capable of being easily forced in an emergency, may be employed provided a permanent and conspicuous notice to this effect is attached to both sides of the door. This paragraph shall not apply to outside doors to deckhouses where such doors are locked by key only and such key is under the control of one of the vessel's officers.
(b) [Reserved]
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.