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[CITE: 46USC10704]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 107--EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
 
Sec. 10704. Duties of consular officers

    When a seaman dies outside the United States leaving money or 
property not on board a vessel, the consular officer nearest the place 
at which the money and property is located shall claim and take charge 
of it.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 573.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10704.............................  46:624
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    Section 10704 requires consular officers to take charge of the 
property (not left on board a vessel) of deceased seamen who have died 
outside the United States.
