Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8858 Duties of Prize Master
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 883 — PRIZE › § 8858
Summary
Take the captured ship to the chosen port. On arrival, give the ship’s papers and inventory to a prize commissioner, swear they match or explain any changes, tell the U.S. attorney about the capture, hand witnesses to the U.S. marshal, and hold the ship until the prize court takes it.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8858
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The prize master shall take the captured vessel to the selected port. On arrival he shall—
(1)deliver immediately to a prize commissioner the documents and papers and the inventory thereof;
(2)make affidavit that the documents and papers and the inventory thereof and the prize property are the same and are in the same condition as delivered to him, or explaining any loss or absence or change in their condition;
(3)report all information respecting the prize and her capture to the United States attorney;
(4)deliver the persons sent as witnesses to the custody of the United States marshal; and
(5)retain the prize in his custody until it is taken therefrom by process from the prize court.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 765834 U.S.C. 1134.R.S. 4617. The word “diligently” is omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7658 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.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8858
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102