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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>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 10908"
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description: "Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "109"
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chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
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section: "10908"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10908"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10908"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 46 U.S.C. § 10908 - Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea
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## Text
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A person that knowingly sends or attempts to send, or that is a party to sending or attempting to send, a vessel of the United States to sea, in an unseaworthy state that is likely to endanger the life of an individual, shall be fined not more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 577.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090846:658 Section 10908 provides a penalty for a person knowingly sending or attempting to send an unseaworthy vessel to sea.
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