14 USC § 547 - Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s547"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 547 - Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "547"
section_name: "Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 547, § 643; renumbered § 547, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.)"
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# § 547. Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation

The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the apprehension and conviction, or for information helpful therein, of persons found interfering in violation of law with aids to navigation maintained by the Coast Guard; or for information leading to the discovery of missing Coast Guard property or to recovery thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 547, § 643; renumbered § 547, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 50c (, ).

Section is enlarged to provide for payment of rewards for information leading to the discovery or recovery of missing Coast Guard property. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.