### Question
How is the term owner defined?


### Answer
The term **owner** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1501* as the following:

> a person who owns a container, or, if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owner's responsibility for maintaining and examining the container, the lessee or bailee of a container, to the extent such agreement so provides

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1501*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 34-SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO**

