§ 10306. Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents

Type Statute

Publication 2024-07-31

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Department United States Congress

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§ 10306. Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents

Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master or individual in charge a document issued to the individual, appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the individual is to serve.

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 404, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)

Section 10306 requires a seaman to exhibit an appropriately endorsed merchant mariner’s document to the shipping commissioner before signing a shipping agreement. When a master acts as a shipping commissioner, the same procedure applies.

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
10306	46:643(c)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted “master or individual in charge” for “shipping commissioner”.

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