Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§450 Liability of Vessel

Title 33 › Chapter 9— PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter III— NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE › § 450

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Title 33, §450

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Any boat or vessel used or employed in violating any provision of this subchapter, shall be liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed thereby, and may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.

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Codification Section was enacted as part of section 4 of act June 29, 1888, which enacted section 449 and 450 of this title.

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33 U.S.C. § 450

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

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Apr 5, 2026

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