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[CITE: 46USC10710]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 107--EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
 
Sec. 10710. Unclaimed money, property, and wages

    (a) When a claim for the money, property, or wages of a deceased 
seaman held by a district court of the United States has not been 
substantiated within 6 years after their receipt by the court, the 
court, if a subsequent claim is made, may allow or refuse the claim.
    (b) If, after money, property, and wages have been held by the court 
for 6 years, it appears to the court that no claim will have to be 
satisfied, the property shall be sold. The money and wages and the 
proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the Treasury trust fund 
receipt account ``Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are 
Unknown''.

(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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10710.............................  46:628
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    Section 10710 provides that if no claim is made to a deceased 
seaman's property and wages within six years, the court shall sell the 
property and deposit the proceeds into the Treasury trust fund receipt 
account ``Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are 
Unknown''.


                            Cross References

    Refund of amounts erroneously deposited in unclaimed trust fund, see 
section 1322 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
