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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. § 8906"
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description: "Penalty"
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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: "89"
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chapter_name: "SMALL VESSEL MANNING"
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section: "8906"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 8906"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 8906 - Penalty
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## Text
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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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(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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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 890646:390d Section 8906 prescribes the penalties for violations of this chapter.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–324 substituted “not more than $25,000” for “$1,000”.
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