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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN · § 10708

§ 10708. Sale of property

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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.)
Section 10708 permits a district court to sell a deceased seaman’s property and treat the proceeds as wages.
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