---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.56"
title: "33"
number: "401.56"
heading: "Damaging or defacing Seaway property."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.56"
---

# §401.56. Damaging or defacing Seaway property.


The master of every vessel shall:

- (a) Navigate so as to avoid damage to Seaway property; and
- (b) **Prevent defacement of Seaway property by any member of the vessel's crew.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
