---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 56105"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "56105"
heading: "Forfeiture procedure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/56105"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part E — Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities"
  - "Chapter 561 — Restrictions on Transfers"
---

# §56105. Forfeiture procedure

- (a) **In General.—** A forfeiture under this chapter may be enforced in the same way as a forfeiture under the laws on the collection of duties. However, such a forfeiture may be remitted without seizure of the [vessel](/usc/46/53501.md?p=9).
- (b) **Prior Convictions.—** In a proceeding under this chapter to enforce a forfeiture, a prior criminal conviction of a [person](/usc/46/53101.md?p=6) for a violation of this chapter with respect to the subject matter of the forfeiture is prima facie evidence of the violation against the [person](/usc/46/53101.md?p=6) convicted.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1654.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 56105(a) | 46 App.:836. | Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 38, as added July 15, 1918, ch. 152, § 4, 40 Stat. 902; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 304(b), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1924. |
| 56105(b) | 46 App.:837. | Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 39, as added July 15, 1918, ch. 152, § 4, 40 Stat. 902. |