{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-4507","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 4507","heading":"Penalties","body":"(a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel to which this chapter applies which is operated in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter may each be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $5,000. Any vessel with respect to which a penalty is assessed under this subsection is liable in rem for the penalty. (b) A person willfully violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 45—UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS"],"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":"e5328ada0c7458c4ce999dbbc6a7e7b8ee4c319ea3b945e80694778b7da4d84c","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-4506","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-4508"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}