{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-185.280","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 185.280","heading":"Official Logbook for foreign voyages.","body":"(a) Every vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port except to a port in Canada, or vice versa, must have an Official Logbook.\n(b) The master shall make or have made in the Official Logbook the following entries:\n(1) Each legal conviction of a seaman of the vessel and the punishment inflicted;\n(2) Each offense committed by a seaman of the vessel for which it is intended to prosecute or to enforce under a forfeiture, together with statements about reading the entry and the reply made to the charge as required by 46 U.S.C. 11502;\n(3) A statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of each seaman of the vessel or a statement that the master declines to give an opinion about that conduct, character, and qualifications;\n(4) Each illness of or injury to a seaman of the vessel, the nature of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment;\n(5) Each death on board, with the cause of death, and if a seaman, the information required by 46 U.S.C. 10702:\n(i) The wages due to a seaman who dies during the voyage and the gross amount of all deductions to be made from the wages;\n(ii) The sale of the property of a seaman who dies during the voyage, including a statement of each article sold and the amount received for the property;\n(6) Each birth on board, with the sex of the infant and the name of the parents;\n(7) Each marriage on board, with the names and ages of the parties;\n(8) The name of each seaman who ceases to be a crew member (except by death), with the place, time, manner, and the cause why the seaman ceased to be a crew member;\n(9) When a marine casualty occurs, a statement about the casualty and the circumstances under which it occurred, made immediately after the casualty when practicable to do so.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER T—SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)","PART 185—OPERATIONS","Subpart B—Marine Casualties and Voyage Records"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"a1c947f927bd508608b2d030e86b3ef1814f72f9ae248e2ac1e586d57ec76dca","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-185.260","next":"us/46-cfr-185.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}