{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s12507","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12507.","heading":"Penalties","text":"\u00a7\u202f12507.\nPenalties\n(a) A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person with the intent to defraud\u2014\n(1) provides false information to the Secretary of Transportation or a State issuing authority regarding the identification of a vessel under this chapter; or\n(2) tampers with, removes, or falsifies the unique vessel identification number assigned to a vessel under\nsection 12502 of this title\n(b) A person is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 if the person\u2014\n(1) provides false information to the Secretary or a State issuing authority regarding the identification of a vessel under this chapter;\n(2) violates\nsection 12502 of this title\n(3) fails to comply with requirements prescribed by the Secretary under\nsection 12505 of this title\n(c) A vessel involved in a violation of this chapter, or regulation under this chapter, and its equipment, may be seized by, and forfeited to, the Government.\n(d) If a person, not an individual, is involved in a violation of this chapter, the president or chief executive of the person also is subject to any penalty provided under this section.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s12507.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12507."},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalties"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person with the intent to defraud\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" provides false information to the Secretary of Transportation or a State issuing authority regarding the identification of a vessel under this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" tampers with, removes, or falsifies the unique vessel identification number assigned to a vessel under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 12502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s12502","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A person is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 if the person\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" provides false information to the Secretary or a State issuing authority regarding the identification of a vessel under this chapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" violates ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 12502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s12502","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" fails to comply with requirements prescribed by the Secretary under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 12505 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s12505","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" A vessel involved in a violation of this chapter, or regulation under this chapter, and its equipment, may be seized by, and forfeited to, the Government.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12507/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" If a person, not an individual, is involved in a violation of this chapter, the president or chief executive of the person also is subject to any penalty provided under this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}