33 USC § 3851 - Criminal enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3851"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 3851 - Criminal enforcement"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3851"
section_name: "Criminal enforcement"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "CLEAN HULLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ACTION ON VIOLATION, PENALTIES, AND REFERRALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1041, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3029.)"
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# § 3851. Criminal enforcement

section 3841(a) of this titlesection 3841(b) of this title

Any person who knowingly violates paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of  or  shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1041, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3029.)