46 U.S.C. § 7502 — Records
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-89 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 157 words · no verdicts yet
The Coast Guard must keep records on mariner licenses and documents, and can require vessel owners and employers to keep service records for at least 5 years. Breaking these rules can bring a civil penalty of up to $5,000.
(a) The Secretary must keep records, including electronic ones, on the issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses, certificates of registry, merchant mariners' documents, and their endorsements.
(b) The Secretary may require a vessel* owner, managing operator, or a seaman's employer to keep records, on hiring, discharge, and service, for each crew member for at least 5 years after their service ends, and may require these records be made available to the individual and the Coast Guard on request.
(c) Anyone who violates this section or its regulations owes the government a civil penalty of up to $5,000.
The Secretary shall maintain records, including electronic records, on the issuances, denials, suspensions, and revocations of licenses, certificates of registry, merchant mariners’ documents, and endorsements on those licenses, certificates, and documents.
The Secretary may prescribe regulations requiring a vessel* owner or managing operator of a commercial vessel, or the employer of a seaman on that vessel, to maintain records of each individual engaged on the vessel subject to inspection under chapter 33 on matters of engagement, discharge, and service for not less than 5 years after the date of the completion of the service of that individual on the vessel. The regulations may require that a vessel owner, managing operator, or employer shall make these records available to the individual and the Coast Guard on request.
A person violating this section, or a regulation prescribed under this section, is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, § 4114(e), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 605, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2967.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-89 · 97 Stat. 545
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-380 · 104 Stat. 517
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-281 · 124 Stat. 2967
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-89 on 1983-08-26.
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