Laws of Marshall Islands

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Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, 1986 (Title 27, Cap 6)

Act · Made 1986-12-31

Agenda 2030: A Pathway for a Resilient and Prosperous Future

policy · Made 2024-08

Agricultural Supplies Account Act 1979

Act · Made 1979-12-10

Ailinglaplap Atoll Development Authority Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-88)

Act · Made 2023

Ailuk Sustainable Development Authority 2024 (P.L. 2024-17)

Act · Made 2024

Alternative Energy Fund Act of 1989

Act · Made 1989-09-18

Repealed

Alternative Energy Fund (Repeal) Act, 2008 (P.L.2008-13)

Act · Made 2008-10-13

Animal and Plant Inspection Act

Act · Made 1966

Aquaculture Regulations 2019

Regulation · Made 2019

Aquarium Fisheries Regulations, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015

Arbitration Act 1980 (Title 30, Cap 3)

Act · Made 1980

Arno Atoll Development Authority (AADA) Act 2024 (P.L. 2024-07)

Act · Made 2024

Aur Atoll Devleopment Authority Act, 2024 (P.L. 2024-15)

Act · Made 2024

Betelnut Prohibition Act, 2010 (Title 7, Cap 20)

Act · Made 2010-03-19

Betelnut Prohibition (Amendment) Act 2013 (P.L. 2013-16)

Act · Made 2013-06-03

Business Regulations Act

Act · Made 1966

Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Act

Act · Made 1993-10-15

Coast Conservation Act 1988

Act · Made 1988-09-21

Compact of Free Association, as Amended (Implementation) Act, 2004 (Title 41, Cap 1)

Act · Made 2004

Constitution of the Marshall Islands

Constitution · Made 1979

Consumer Protection Act

Act · Made 1970

Cooperatives Act of 1993

Act · Made 1993-10-12

Copra Tax Act of 1992

Act · Made 1993-10-12

Criminal Code 2011 (P.L. 2011-59)

Act · Made 2011

Customary Law and Language Commission Act, 2004

Act · Made 2005-05

Customary Law (Bikini Atoll) Act 1994

Act · Made 1994-03-03

Customary Law Commission Act 1989

Act · Made 1989

Repealed

Customary Law (Declaration) Act 1990

Act · Made 1990-09-07

Customary Law (Enewetak and Ujelang) Act 1991

Act · Made 1991-03-15

Customary Law (Ralik Chain) Act 1991

Act · Made 1991-02-28

Customary Law (Restoration) Act 1986

Act · Made 1986-03-06

Disaster Assistance Act 1987

Act · Made 1987

Repealed

Disaster Assistance (Amendment) Act 2019 (P.L. 2019-119)

Act · Made 2019-09-25

Repealed

Disaster Risk Management Act, 2023 (Public Law 2023-91)

Act · Made 2023

Documentation and Identification of Vessels Act

Act · Made 1990-09-13

Domestic Water Crafts Act, 1992 (47 MIRC Ch.9)

Act · Made 1992

Emergencies Act 1979 (7 MIRC Ch.11)

Act · Made 1979

Repealed

Endangered Species Act of 1975

Act · Made 1975

Enewetak/Ujelang Atoll Development Authority (EUADA) Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-72)

Act · Made 2023

Environment (Paragraph 30 relating to fisheries only)

Act · Made 1989-01-01

Environment Protection Act (Title 35)

Act · Made 0000

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 1994

Regulation · Made 1994-01-06

Environmental Planning and Policy Coordination (OEPPC) Act, 2003

Act · Made 2003-12-03

Repealed

Environmental Protection Authority Earth Moving Regulations

Regulation · Made 1989

Repealed

Export Meat Inspection Act

Act · Made 1970

Fire Control Act

Act · Made 1966

Fish Harvest Regulations 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Fish Processing and Export Regulations 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Fisheries Act

Act · Made 1997

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2016 (P.L. 2017 - 49)

Act · Made 2017-11-01

Fisheries Enforcement Act

Act · Made 1997

Fishing Access and Licensing Act

Act · Made 1997-10-13

Fishing License (Third Implementation Arrangement) Regulations, 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-12-23

Food Safety Act 2010 (Chapter 19)

Act · Made 2010-03-24

Forest Action Plan 2020-2030

policy · Made 2020

Gender Equality Act 2019 (P.L. 2019-116)

Act · Made 2019-10-01

Historic Preservation Act 1991

Act · Made 1991-03-12

Human Rights Committee Act 2015

Act · Made 2015

Jaluit Atoll Economic Development Authority Act 2000

Act · Made 2002-10-07

Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management 2014–2018

policy · Made 2014

Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority Act 2004

Act · Made 2004

Repealed

Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority Act, 2016 (P.L. 2016-22)

Act · Made 2016

Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2012 (P.L. 2012-2)

Act · Made 2012-04-25

Repealed

Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority Restoration Act 2008 (P.L.2008-1)

Act · Made 2008-04-04

Repealed

Land Acquisition Act 1986

Act · Made 1986-12-31

Land Lease Commission Act of 1993

Act · Made 1993-10-08

Land Registration Authority Act 2003

Act · Made 2003-12-03

Land Registration Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015 (PL. 2015-43)

Act · Made 2015-03-09

Land Surveyors Registration Act

Act · Made 1970

Lib Island Devleopment Authority (LIDA) Act, 2024 (P.L. 2024-08)

Act · Made 2024

Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act

Act · Made 1990-09-13

Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Amendment) Act, 2020 (P.L. No. 2020/06)

Act · Made 2020-03-20

Littering Act 1982

Act · Made 1982-09-10

Local Government Act 1980 (Marshall Islands Code 1975-04)

Act · Made 1975

Maloelap Atoll Development Authority Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-87)

Act · Made 2023

Management and Development of Local Fisheries Act

Act · Made 1997-10-13

Marine Mammal Protection Act 1990 (Public Law 1990-84)

Act · Made 1990-02-19

Marine Resources Act (Chapter 1, Title 33)

Act · Made 1966

Repealed

Marine Resources (Trochus) Act 1983 (Public Law 1983-15)

Act · Made 1983-02-11

Repealed

Marine Water Quality Regulations

Regulation · Made 1991-08-06

Marine Zone (Declaration) Act 1984 (Parts relating to the Exclusive Economic Zone)

Act · Made 1984

Marine Zones (Declaration) Act 1984 (Public Law 1984-25)

Act · Made 1984-09-13

Repealed

Maritime Administration Act

Act · Made 1990-09-13

Maritime (Amendment) Act 2012 (P.L. 2012-4)

Act · Made 2012-10-16

Maritime (Amendment) Act 2013 (P.L. 2013-5)

Act · Made 2013-03-22

Maritime (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 2013 (P.L. 2013-7)

Act · Made 2013-04-05

Maritime (Amendment) Act (No.3) 2013 (P.L. 2013-8)

Act · Made 2013-04-05

Maritime (Amendment) Act (No. 5) 2013 (P.L. 2013-14)

Act · Made 2013-06-03

Marshall Islands Agriculture Sector Plan 2021–2031

policy · Made 2021-06-25

Marshall Islands Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2000

Marshall Islands Development Authority Act 1984

Act · Made 1984-09-13

Marshall Islands Development Bank Act 1988

Act · Made 1988-03-17

Marshall Islands Fisheries Regulations 1998

Regulation · Made 1998

Marshall Islands Marine Resources Act 1997

Act · Made 1997-08-03

Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority Act 1988

Act · Made 1988-03-28

Repealed

Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (Amendment) Act 2018 (P.L. 2018-64)

Act · Made 2018-02-20

Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA Surplus Funds Amendment) Act 2016 (P.L. 2016-23)

Act · Made 2016-09-29

Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority Strategic Plan 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019

Marshall Islands Marine Resources Jurisdiction Act of 1978

Act · Made 1978

Repealed

Marshall Islands Maritime Zones Declaration Act 2016 (P.L. 2016-5)

Act · Made 2016-03-28

Marshall Islands National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan: 2026–2030

policy · Made 2026-02-27

Marshall Islands Resilience and Adaptation Trust Fund Act 2022 (P.L. No. 2022/56)

Act · Made 2022-11-25

Ministry of Environment Act 2018 (P.L. 2019-108)

Act · Made 2018

Namu Atoll Development Authority Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-90)

Act · Made 2023

National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Management 2008 – 2018

policy · Made 2007-11

National Adaptation Plan of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

policy · Made 2023-10-10

National Climate Change Policy Framework,

policy · Made 2011

National Energy Office Act 2018 (P.L. 2018-93)

Act · Made 2018

National Energy Policy and Energy Action Plan 2009

policy · Made 2009-09

National Environmental Protection Act 1984

Act · Made 1984

National Environmental Protection (Amendment) Act 2016 (P.L. 2016 - 20)

Act · Made 2016-09-29

National Gender Mainstreaming Policy

policy · Made 2016

National Gender Mainstreaming Policy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

policy · Made 2015-12-11

National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs

policy · Made 2008-01

National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan 2016-2021

policy · Made 2015

National Multisectoral Plan on antimicrobial resistance 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019-01-01

National Oceans Symposium Implementation Plan for the National Guiding Principles to Sustain and be Sustained by Our Ocean and Coral Reefs

policy · Made 2018-04-02

National Sea Cucumber Fishery Management Plan 2012

Other · Made 2012-04-19

National Strategic Plan 2015–2017

policy · Made 2014-06

National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2020–2030

policy · Made 2020-06

Nationally Determined Contribution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

policy · Made 2018-11-22

Nuclear Claims Tribunal Act (Title 42, Cap 1)

Act · Made 1987-10-09

Occupational Health and Safety Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-92)

Act · Made 2023-09-28

Pesticides and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) Regulations 2004

Regulation · Made 2004-06-10

Planning and Zoning Act 1987

Act · Made 1987-03-20

Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations

Regulation · Made 2000-09-01

Ports of Entry Act

Act · Made 1966

Ports of Entry (Amendment) Act 2013 (P.L. 2013-10)

Act · Made 2013-04-05

Procurement Code Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-62)

Act · Made 2023

Protected Areas Network (Amendment) Act 2018 (P.L. 2019 - 110)

Act · Made 2019-08-28

Protected Areas Network (Amendment) Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-97)

Act · Made 2023-09-28

Protected Areas Network (PAN) Act 2015 (P.L. 2015-48)

Act · Made 2015-10-19

Protected Areas Network Regulations 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Public Health, Safety and Welfare Act

Act · Made 1966

Public Lands and Resources Act

Act · Made 1966

Public Lands and Resources (Reclamation Amendment) Act 2008 (P.L.2008-2)

Act · Made 2008-04-02

Public Water Supply Regulations 1994

Regulation · Made 1994-01-07

Real and Personal Property Act

Act · Made 1966

Real Property Mortgage Act 1987

Act · Made 1987-03-20

Repealed

Real Property Mortgage Act 2003

Act · Made 2003-12-03

Real Property Trust Instruments Act

Act · Made 1987-03-20

Regulation and Control of Shipping Act

Act · Made 1966

Regulations Governing Land Modification Activities

Regulation · Made 1992

Republic of the Marshall Islands Food Security Policy

policy · Made 2013

RMI 2020 Paris Agreement NDC Update

policy · Made 2020-12-30

RMI Ports Authority Act, 2003

Act · Made 2003-12-03

RMI travel Advisory re COVID-19

Regulation · Made 2020-04-02

Rongelap Atoll Development Authority (RADA) Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-69)

Act · Made 2023

Rules and Regulations on Foreign Fishing Agreements and Fish Processing Establishments

Regulation · Made 0000

Sea Cucumber Regulations, 2012

Regulation · Made 2012

Solid Waste Regulations

Regulation · Made 1989-08-25

State-Owned Enterprises Act, 2015 (P.L. 2015-45)

Act · Made 2015-10-19

Strategy and Action Plan 2005-2010

policy · Made 2005

Styrofoam Cups and Plates, and Plastic Products Prohibition, and Container Deposit Act, 2016 (P.L. 2016-17)

Act · Made 2016

Sustainable Development Regulations

Regulation · Made 2006-11

The Republic of the Marshall Islands National Environment Management Strategy 2017–2022

policy · Made 2018

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Nationally Determined Contribution 2031-2035

policy · Made 2025-02

Tile Til Eo 2050 climate strategy Lighting the way

policy · Made 2018-09

Title 51 (Fisheries) Amendment Act, 2011 (P.L. 2011 - 103)

Act · Made 2011-10-17

Tobolar Copra Processing Authority Act of 1992

Act · Made 1992-02-17

Tobolar Copra Processing Authority (Amendment) Act 2012 (P.L. 2012-1)

Act · Made 2012-04-25

Toilet Facilities and Sewage Disposal Regulations

Regulation · Made 1990-02-24

Trade Policy for the Republic of the Marshall Islands

policy · Made 2010

Traditional Rights Court (Composition and Appointments) Act 1985

Act · Made 1985-12-30

Traditional Rights Court Rules of Procedure 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-08-31

Trust Act of 1994

Act · Made 1994-10-10

Trust Territory Air Pollution Control Standards and Regulations

Regulation · Made 1980-06-25

Trust Territory Pesticides Regulations

Regulation · Made 1980-08-01

Tuna and Game-Fish Conservation Zone Act 1996

Act · Made 1996-10-14

Ujae Atoll Development Authority Act, 2023 (P.L. 2023-89)

Act · Made 2023

Utrik Atoll Development Authority Act, 2024 (P.L. 2024-18)

Act · Made 2024

Wotho Atoll Devleopment Authority Act, 2024 (P.L. 2024-16)

Act · Made 2024

Wotje Atoll Development Authority Act 2002

Act · Made 2002-10-07