10 USC § 8893 - Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8893"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8893 - Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8893"
section_name: "Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit"
chapter_number: 885
chapter_name: "STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS"
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. 484, § 7723; renumbered § 8893 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(d)(10), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837, 1840.)"
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# § 8893. Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit

section 8892 of this title

If, at the time of certification under , or at any time before the termination of the stay based on the certificate, the Secretary of the Navy files with the court an additional certificate to the effect that the issue of any process to preserve evidence or the completion of action on process previously issued would tend to endanger the security of the United States or of any of its naval or military operations in the war, or would tend to interfere with those operations, then all proceedings for the taking or preserving of evidence to be used by either party in the trial shall be stayed.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 484, § 7723; renumbered § 8893 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(d)(10), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7723 | 46 U.S.C. 791 (proviso, less applicability to duration of stay). | July 3, 1944, ch. 399, § 1 (proviso, less applicability to duration of stay), 58 Stat. 723. |

The word “stayed” is substituted for the word “suspended” for uniformity and clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “section 8892” for “section 7722”.

## 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 .