# Numbering of Undocumented Vessels—Willful violation — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Numbering of Undocumented Vessels, agency is U.S. Coast Guard; violation is Numbering of Undocumented Vessels—Willful violation; statutory authority is 46 U.S.C. 12309(a); maximum penalty is 15,628, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** U.S. Coast Guard _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Numbering of Undocumented Vessels—Willful violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 46 U.S.C. 12309(a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 15,628 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/46/12309> 46 U.S.C. 12309(a) | Numbering of Undocumented Vessels—Willful violation | 15,628.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-27/section-27.3

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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