{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-10908","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 10908","heading":"Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea","body":"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.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 109—PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"8917274e15272653c66fcb34eb4c5e5a67252f35b1a181a034c161c7091e31d7","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-10907","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-11101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}