Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

46 U.S.C. § 10503

Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents

section 10502 of this titlesection 8701 of this titleBefore signing the agreement required by , a seaman required by to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.

Pub. L. 98–8997 Stat. 570 (, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source section (U.S. Code)

10503

46:643

Under section 10503 seamen who are required to have a merchant mariner’s document must exhibit it before signing a shipping agreement on a coastwise voyage.