18 U.S.C. § 1656
Conversion or surrender of vessel
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 1656, Conversion or surrender of vessel, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449298
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Whoever, being a captain or other officer or mariner of a vessel upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, piratically or feloniously runs away with such vessel, or with any goods or merchandise thereof, to the value of $50 or over; or
Whoever yields up such vessel voluntarily to any pirate—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Legislative history
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- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994