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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-89/section-8906.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 8906"
+description: "Penalty"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "89"
+chapter_name: "SMALL VESSEL MANNING"
+section: "8906"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 8906"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s8906"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 8906 - Penalty
+
+## Text
+
+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.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 306(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 890646:390d Section 8906 prescribes the penalties for violations of this chapter.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–324 substituted “not more than $25,000” for “$1,000”.