2018 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
Chapter 107 - Effects of Deceased Seamen
Sec. 10710 - Unclaimed money, property, and wages
| 46 U.S.C. § 10710 (2018) | ||||
| §10710. Unclaimed money, property, and wages | ||||
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(a) When a claim for the money, property, or wages of a deceased seaman held by a district court of the United States has not been substantiated within 6 years after their receipt by the court, the court, if a subsequent claim is made, may allow or refuse the claim. (b) If, after money, property, and wages have been held by the court for 6 years, it appears to the court that no claim will have to be satisfied, the property shall be sold. The money and wages and the proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the Treasury trust fund receipt account "Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are Unknown". |
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 574.) |
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Section 10710 provides that if no claim is made to a deceased seaman's property and wages within six years, the court shall sell the property and deposit the proceeds into the Treasury trust fund receipt account "Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are Unknown". |
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| Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 107 - EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN Sec. 10710 - Unclaimed money, property, and wages |
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| January 14, 2019 | ||||
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| 97 Stat. 574 | ||||
| Public Law 98-89 |
