46 U.S.C. § 10306
Section 10306 · Exhibiting merchant mariners documents
Amended 2 times on record
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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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.
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted “master or individual in charge” for “shipping commissioner”.