Files
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

3.3 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, corpus, kind, title_number, title_name, chapter_number, chapter_name, section, citation, status, release_point, release_date, source, source_url, source_identifier, source_file, source_hash, raw_snapshot_hash, text_hash, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction corpus kind title_number title_name chapter_number chapter_name section citation status release_point release_date source source_url source_identifier source_file source_hash raw_snapshot_hash text_hash retrieved_at confidence tags
LegalText 14 U.S.C. § 542 Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty us united_states_code code_section 14 COAST GUARD 5 FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 542 14 U.S.C. § 542 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc14@119-100.zip /us/usc/t14/s542 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-14/usc14.xml f9c9fbe2d49d50ef45147f6a6a203691d33067165c6f196a5b2100b8f763671c 0a287809467d795ac0e1a72d6743ea6b1d340c0f74c77c67bfeba10724006304 ff928d44bea4b52af69fc58ea10ad419b7cc5a49c15210f9a9ea4a290a188477 2026-07-04 official
legal
us-code

14 U.S.C. § 542 - Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty

Text

No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed services, shall establish, erect, or maintain any aid to maritime navigation in or adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or public body, or instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without first obtaining authority to do so from the Coast Guard in accordance with applicable regulations. Whoever violates the provisions of this section or any of the regulations issued by the Secretary in accordance herewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Each day during which such violation continues shall be considered as a new offense.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 500, § 83; Pub. L. 93283, § 1(1), May 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 113281, title II, § 205(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3025; renumbered § 542, Pub. L. 115282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.)

Notes

Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 759 (June 20, 1906, ch. 3447, § 3, 34 Stat. 324; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 6, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 542 was renumbered section 2904 of this title.

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115282 renumbered section 83 of this title as this section. 2014—Pub. L. 113281 substituted “$1,500” for “$100”. 1974—Pub. L. 93283 substituted “maritime navigation in or adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or public body, or instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without first obtaining authority” for “maritime navigation without first obtaining authority”.

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.