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§11303 Penalties
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 113— OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS › § 11303
Summary
Ship captains who fail to keep the required official logbook or who do not make required entries must pay a $200 fine to the Government. Anyone who makes or helps make a logbook entry more than 24 hours after the ship reached its final port of discharge, and that entry reports something that happened before arrival, must pay a $150 fine.
Full Legal Text
Title 46, §11303
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(a)A master failing to maintain an official logbook as required by this part is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200.
(b)A master failing to make an entry in the vessel’s official logbook as required by this part is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $200.
(c)A person is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $150 when the person makes, procures to be made, or assists in making, an entry in the vessel’s official logbook—
(1)later than 24 hours after the vessel’s arrival at the final port of discharge; and
(2)that is about an occurrence that happened before that arrival.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1130346:203 section 11303 provides a penalty for violation of the provisions about logbooks in this part.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 11303
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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