18 U.S.C. § 2272
Destruction of vessel by owner
Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of which he is owner, in whole or in part, with intent to injure any person that may underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant that may have goods thereon, or any other owner of such vessel, shall be imprisoned for life or for any term of years.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1976–2004 · leading case: United States v. Thomas Cameron Kincade
United States v. Thomas Cameron Kincade (2004)
“If an owner of a boat destroys his vessel in order to obtain an insurance payment, he may be forced to provide a DNA sample, see 18 U.S.C. § 2272 , and any non-owner of a boat who “maliciously cuts, spoils, or destroys any cordage, cable, buoys, buoy rope, head fast, or other…”
United States v. Terry Wayne Denson, Stephen Orlando and Joseph James Janish, Defendants- in Re United States of America (1979)
“§ 2113 (e) (bank robbery, where death results); 18 U.S.C.A. § 2272 (destruction of vessel by owner); 18 U.”
United States v. William Day (1991)
“§ 2271 ; and Count Two: destruction of a vessel with intent to injure the underwriter of insurance on the vessel, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2272 . 3 . The loss range set forth in the initial PSR reflected the guidelines effective October 15, 1988.”
United States v. Caldwell (1985)
“18 U.S.C. § 2272 . . Caldwell’s testimony on this point and Shanks’ prior statement varied to a large degree as to the exact circumstances of the sinking.”
United States v. Gidley (1976)
“Defendant stands indicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2272 , an 1804 statute imposing criminal liability on a vessel owner who willfully destroys a ship for the purpose of collecting insurance proceeds: Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime…”
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