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[CITE: 46USC10708]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 107--EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
 
Sec. 10708. Sale of property

    A district court of the United States may direct the sale of any 
part of the property of a deceased seaman. Proceeds of the sale shall be 
held as wages of the seaman are held.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 574.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10708.............................  46:628
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    Section 10708 permits a district court to sell a deceased seaman's 
property and treat the proceeds as wages.
