Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

33 U.S.C. § 554: Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Vessel owners, agents, masters, and clerks must provide information about vessels, passengers, freight, and tonnage to local officials overseeing river and harbor improvements. Failure to do so is punishable by fine or imprisonment up to two months.

Read the full statutory text

Owners, agents, masters, and clerks of vessels arriving at or departing from localities where works of river and harbor improvement are carried on shall furnish, on application of the persons in local charge of the works, a comprehensive statement of vessels, passengers, freight, and tonnage. Every person or persons offending against the provisions of this section shall, for each and every offense, be liable to a fine of $100, or imprisonment not exceeding two months, to be enforced in any district court in the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed.

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