---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 177.08"
title: "33"
number: "177.08"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/177.08"
---

# §177.08. Penalties.


An operator of a vessel who does not follow the directions of a Coast Guard Boarding Officer prescribed in [§ 177.05](/cfr/33/177.05.md) is, in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, subject to—

- (a) The criminal penalties of [46 U.S.C. 4311](/usc/46/4311.md), which provides that a person willfully operating a recreational vessel in violation of 46 U.S.C., Chapter 43 or regulations issued thereunder, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
- (b)
  - (1) The civil penalties for violating [46 U.S.C. 4307(a)(1)](/usc/46/4307.md?p=a-1).
  - (2) The civil penalties of [46 U.S.C. 4311](/usc/46/4311.md), which provides that a person violating any other provision of 46 U.S.C., Chapter 43 or regulation issued thereunder is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty, and, if the violation involves the operation of a vessel, the vessel is liable in rem for the penalty.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 96-052, 62 FR 16703, Apr. 8, 1997, as amended by USCG-2012-0306, 77 FR 37316, June 21, 2012. Redesignated by USCG-2013-0216, 78 FR 40966, July 9, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302, 4308, 4311; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-71R, 37 FR 13347, July 7, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 96-052, 62 FR 16703, Apr. 8, 1997, as amended by USCG-2012-0306, 77 FR 37316, June 21, 2012. Redesignated by USCG-2013-0216, 78 FR 40966, July 9, 2013]