---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10711"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "10711"
heading: "Penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/10711"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 107 — Effects of Deceased Seamen"
---

# §10711. Penalties


An [owner](/usc/46/10101.md?p=2) or [master](/usc/46/10101.md?p=1) violating this chapter are each liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of 3 times the value of the [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3)’s money, property, and wages involved or, if the value is not determined, of $200.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 574.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 10711 | 46:623 |

Section 10711 provides penalties for masters and owners violating this chapter.