---
kind: "unit"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
key: "stI/ch5/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Life Saving and Law Enforcement Authorities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/stI-ch5-schII"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter II — Life Saving and Law Enforcement Authorities

Title 14 — Coast Guard › Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration › Chapter 5 — Functions and Powers

## Sections

- [§521. Saving life and property](/usc/14/521.md)
- [§522. Law enforcement](/usc/14/522.md)
- [§523. Enforcement authority](/usc/14/523.md)
- [§524. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws](/usc/14/524.md)
- [§525. Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority](/usc/14/525.md)
- [§526. Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel](/usc/14/526.md)
- [§527. Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces](/usc/14/527.md)
- [§528. Protecting against unmanned aircraft](/usc/14/528.md)
- [§529. Public availability of information](/usc/14/529.md)