46 USC § 4507 - Penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s4507"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 4507 - Penalties"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "4507"
section_name: "Penalties"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Inspection and Regulation of Vessels"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–424, § 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1588.)"
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# § 4507. Penalties

**(a)** The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel to which this chapter applies which is operated in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter may each be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $5,000. Any vessel with respect to which a penalty is assessed under this subsection is liable in rem for the penalty.

**(b)** A person willfully violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–424, § 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1588.)