10 USC § 8873 - Allowance of expenses to marshals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8873"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8873 - Allowance of expenses to marshals"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8873"
section_name: "Allowance of expenses to marshals"
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. 481, § 7673; renumbered § 8873, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8873. Allowance of expenses to marshals

The marshal shall be allowed his actual and necessary expenses for the custody, care, preservation, insurance, and sale or other disposal of the prize property, and for executing any order of the court in the prize cause. Charges of the marshal for expenses or disbursements shall be allowed only upon his oath that they have been necessarily incurred for the purpose stated.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 481, § 7673; renumbered § 8873, 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7673 | 34 U.S.C. 1153. | R.S. 4645. |

and the revised section reflect the , , which provided that marshals should receive annual salaries in lieu of the fees and emoluments previously allowed them.

## 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 .