Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73
§10306 Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Vessels and Seamen › Part Part G— - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter CHAPTER 103— - FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES › § 10306
Summary
Before signing the agreement, anyone needing a merchant mariner’s document must show the captain or person in charge their issued document with the proper endorsement.
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Title 46, §10306
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Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master or individual in charge a document issued to the individual, appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the individual is to serve.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1030646:643(c) section 10306 requires a seaman to exhibit an appropriately endorsed merchant mariner’s document to the shipping commissioner before signing a shipping agreement. When a master acts as a shipping commissioner, the same procedure applies.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted “master or individual in charge” for “shipping commissioner”.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 10306
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73