Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8873 Allowance of expenses to marshals
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 883— - PRIZE › § 8873
Summary
The marshal is paid real necessary expenses for handling prize property and carrying out court orders, but only after he swears the costs were necessary.
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Title 10, §8873
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The marshal shall be allowed his actual and necessary expenses for the custody, care, preservation, insurance, and sale or other disposal of the prize property, and for executing any order of the court in the prize cause. Charges of the marshal for expenses or disbursements shall be allowed only upon his oath that they have been necessarily incurred for the purpose stated.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 767334 U.S.C. 1153.R.S. 4645. 34 U.S.C. 1153 and the revised section reflect the Act of May 28, 1896, ch. 252, § 6, 29 Stat. 179, which provided that marshals should receive annual salaries in lieu of the fees and emoluments previously allowed them.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7673 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8873
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73