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46 U.S.C. 10503: Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documentsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 46-SHIPPINGCHAPTER 105-COASTWISE VOYAGES
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§10503. Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents

Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.

( Pub. L. 98–89 , Aug. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 570 .)

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10503

46:643

Under section 10503 seamen who are required to have a merchant mariner’s document must exhibit it before signing a shipping agreement on a coastwise voyage.