---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 11504"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "11504"
heading: "Enforcement of forfeitures"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/11504"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 115 — Offenses and Penalties"
---

# §11504. Enforcement of forfeitures


When an offense by a [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3) also is a criminal violation, it is not necessary that a criminal proceeding be brought to enforce a forfeiture.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 584.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 11504 | 46:705 |

Section 11504 provides that when a seaman has committed a criminal offense, a forfeiture may be enforced through civil proceedings.