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CHAPTER 883⁠—PRIZE — Front Matter

Sec.
8851.Scope of chapter.
8852.Jurisdiction.
8853.Court in which proceedings brought.
8854.Effect of failure to start proceedings.
8855.Appointment of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners.
8856.Duties of United States attorney.
8857.Duties of commanding officer of capturing vessel.
8858.Duties of prize master.
8859.Libel and proceedings by United States attorney.
8860.Duties of prize commissioners.
8861.Interrogation of witnesses by prize commissioners.
8862.Duties of marshal.
8863.Prize property appropriated for the use of the United States.
8864.Delivery of property on stipulation.
8865.Sale of prize.
8866.Mode of making sale.
8867.Transfer of prize property to another district for sale.
8868.Disposition of prize money.
8869.Security for costs.
8870.Costs and expenses a charge on prize property.
8871.Payment of costs and expenses from prize fund.
8872.Recaptures: award of salvage, costs, and expenses.
8873.Allowance of expenses to marshals.
8874.Payment of witness fees.
8875.Commissions of auctioneers.
8876.Compensation of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners.
8877.Accounts of clerks of district courts.
8878.Interfering with delivery, custody, or sale of prize property.
8879.Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal.
8880.Appeals and amendments in prize causes.
8881.Reciprocal privileges to cobelligerent.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018⁠—Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(e)(4), (f)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, redesignated chapter 655 of this title as this chapter and items 7651 to 7681 as 8851 to 8881, respectively.