{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-411","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 411","heading":"Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally","body":"Every person and every corporation that shall violate, or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections 407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 9—PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"9bed4ecd2456548840ae3c2febf2fbf42c911e4c22ac32c49363a13aadb42922","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-410","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-412"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}