Title 46, ShippingRelease 119-102
§10306 Exhibiting Merchant Mariners’ Documents
Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › CHAPTER 103 — FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES › § 10306
Summary
Before signing, mariners who must have a merchant mariner’s document must show the endorsed document to the master.
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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
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102