# Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Dangerous Drug — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Dangerous Drug, agency is U.S. Coast Guard; statutory authority is 46 U.S.C. 2302(c)(1); maximum penalty is 9,624, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** U.S. Coast Guard _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Dangerous Drug _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 46 U.S.C. 2302(c)(1) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 9,624 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/46/2302> 46 U.S.C. 2302(c)(1) | Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Dangerous Drug | 9,624.

## 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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