46 USC § 8906 - Penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s8906"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 8906 - Penalty"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "8906"
section_name: "Penalty"
chapter_number: 89
chapter_name: "SMALL VESSEL MANNING"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Manning of Vessels"
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. 556; Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 306(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918.)"
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# § 8906. Penalty

An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel operated in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 306(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 8906 | 46:390d |

Section 8906 prescribes the penalties for violations of this chapter.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996— substituted “not more than $25,000” for “$1,000”.