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46 U.S.C. § 10702 — Duties of masters

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46 U.S.C. § 10702 — Duties of masters

**(a)** When a seaman dies during a voyage, the master shall take charge of the seaman’s money and property. An entry shall be made in the official logbook, signed by the master, the chief mate, and an unlicensed crewmember containing an inventory of the money and property and a statement of the wages due the seaman, with the total of the deductions to be made. **(b)** On compliance with this chapter, the master shall obtain a written certificate of compliance from the consular officer or court clerk. Clearance may be granted to a foreign-bound vessel only when the certificate is received at the office of customs.

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46 U.S.C. § 11301 — Logbook and entry requirements

**(a)** Except a vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to a port in Canada, a vessel of the United States shall have an official logbook if the vessel is— (1) on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port; or (2) of at least 100 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim), or an alternate tonnage measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim) and is on a voyage between a port of the United States on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Pacific Ocean. **(b)** The master of the vessel shall make or have made in the official logbook the following entries: (1) each legal conviction of a seaman of the vessel and the punishment inflicted. (2) each offense committed by a seaman of the vessel for which it is intended to prosecute or to enforce under a forfeiture, together with statements about reading the entry and the reply made to the charge as required by [section 11502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section11502&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) each offense for which punishment is inflicted on board and the punishment inflicted. (4) a statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of each seaman of the vessel or a statement that the master declines to give an opinion about that conduct, character, and qualifications. (5) each illness of or injury to a seaman of the vessel, the nature of the illness or i

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46 U.S.C. § 10702 — Duties of masters

Page 189 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 10703 (Pub. L. 100–424, § 6(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1592.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source section (U.S. Code) 10602 ............................................ 46:533, 534 § 10603. Seaman’s duty to notify employer regard- ing illness, disability, and injury (a) A seaman on a fishing vessel, fish proc- essing vessel, or fish tender vessel shall notify the master or individual in charge of the vessel or other agent of the employer regarding any ill- ness, disability, or injury suffered by the sea- man when in service to the vessel not later than seven days after the date on which the illness, disability, or injury arose. (b) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring that each fishing vessel, fish proc- essing vessel, and fish tender vessel shall have on board a placard displayed in a prominent lo- cation accessible to the crew describing the sea- man’s duty under subsection (a) of this section. (Pub. L. 100–424, § 6(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1592.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source section (U.S. Code) 10603 ............................................ New CHAPTER 107—EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN Sec. 10701. Application. 10702. Duties of masters. 10703. Procedures of masters. 10704. Duties of consular officers. 10705. Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers. 10706. Seamen dying in the United States. [10707. Repealed.] 10708. Sale of property. 10709. Distribution. 10710. Unclaimed money, property, and wages. 10711. Penalties. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1993—Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 420(b), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2438, struck out item 10707 ‘‘Delivery to district court’’. § 10701. Application (a) Except as otherw

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