---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 11110"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "11110"
heading: "Seamen’s clothing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/11110"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 111 — Protection and Relief"
---

# §11110. Seamen’s clothing


The clothing of a [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3) is exempt from attachments and liens. A [person](/usc/46/3701.md?p=3) detaining a [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3)’s clothing shall be fined not more than $500, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 580.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 11110 | 46:563 |

Section 11110 exempts seamen’s clothing from attachments and liens. It also provides a penalty for violations.