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10 USC § 8858 - Duties of prize master 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8858"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8858 - Duties of prize master"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8858"
section_name: "Duties of prize master"
chapter_number: 883
chapter_name: "PRIZE"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 476, § 7658; renumbered § 8858, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8858. Duties of prize master

The prize master shall take the captured vessel to the selected port. On arrival he shall—

**(1)** deliver immediately to a prize commissioner the documents and papers and the inventory thereof;

**(2)** make affidavit that the documents and papers and the inventory thereof and the prize property are the same and are in the same condition as delivered to him, or explaining any loss or absence or change in their condition;

**(3)** report all information respecting the prize and her capture to the United States attorney;

**(4)** deliver the persons sent as witnesses to the custody of the United States marshal; and

**(5)** retain the prize in his custody until it is taken therefrom by process from the prize court.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 476, § 7658; renumbered § 8858, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7658 | 34 U.S.C. 1134. | R.S. 4617. |

The word “diligently” is omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .