Statutory Text

46 U.S.C. § 10710 — Unclaimed money, property, and wages

U.S.C. Title 46 - SHIPPING 46 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition 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 From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§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 Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code)

10710 46:628

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".

Source: uscode.house.gov — public domain Official Source ↗

Root-LD Entity Data

◈ Machine-Readable Provenance Record Root-LD v1.0 · boisestandard.org

Federation ID

BS-USC46-SEC-03C53C

Entity Class

STATUTE / FEDERAL-CODE-SECTION

Domain Signature

boisestandard.org

Citation

46 U.S.C. § 10710

Jurisdiction

Federal — United States

Status

✓ ACTIVE

Source

PRIMARY-SOURCE

Source Verified

✓ TRUE

Content Hash

880d4f25ac28a4f5...

Semantic Edges

Pending — corpus passes queued

The statutory text of 46 U.S.C. § 10710 is reproduced from the official United States Code as published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov).

Navigate Corpus — Title 46

← 46 U.S.C. § 10709 46 U.S.C. § 10711 →

Ch. 107 — EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN

46 U.S.C. § 10701 46 U.S.C. § 10702 46 U.S.C. § 10703 46 U.S.C. § 10704 46 U.S.C. § 10705 46 U.S.C. § 10706 46 U.S.C. § 10707 46 U.S.C. § 10708 46 U.S.C. § 10709 46 U.S.C. § 10710 46 U.S.C. § 10711

46 U.S.C. — public domain ← All Legislation