46 USC § 11111 - Limit on amount recoverable on voyage
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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s11111"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 11111 - Limit on amount recoverable on voyage"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "11111"
section_name: "Limit on amount recoverable on voyage"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "PROTECTION AND RELIEF"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 581.)"
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# § 11111. Limit on amount recoverable on voyage
When a seaman is on a voyage on which a written agreement is required under this part, not more than $1 is recoverable from the seaman by a person for a debt incurred by the seaman during the voyage for which the seaman is signed on until the voyage is ended.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 581.)
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 11111 | 46:602 |
Section 11111 limits the amount of money recoverable from a seaman for a debt incurred while on a voyage on which a shipping agreement is required.