§ 10503 - Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents

CHAPTER 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES

Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title 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.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1050346:643

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.