---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 401.427"
title: "46"
number: "401.427"
heading: "Charge on past due accounts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/401.427"
---

# §401.427. Charge on past due accounts.


A charge of two percent (2%) per month must be paid on the opening monthly balance on accounts remaining unpaid over thirty (30) days after the billing date.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-138, 45 FR 13078, Feb. 28, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998; USCG-2022-0025, 89 FR 76352, Sept. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-138, 45 FR 13078, Feb. 28, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998; USCG-2022-0025, 89 FR 76352, Sept. 17, 2024]