10 USC § 8897 - Duration of stay

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8897"
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title: "10 USC § 8897 - Duration of stay"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8897"
section_name: "Duration of stay"
chapter_number: 885
chapter_name: "STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485, § 7727; renumbered § 8897 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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# § 8897. Duration of stay

A stay of proceedings under this chapter remains in effect for the period specified in the certificate upon which it was based unless the Secretary of the Navy issues a new certificate under section 8895 or 8896 of this title changing the termination date. However, a stay under this chapter may not remain in force longer than six months after the cessation of hostilities.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485, § 7727; renumbered § 8897 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7727 | 46 U.S.C. 791 (1st sentence as applicable to duration of stay, and proviso as applicable to duration of stay). | July 3, 1944, ch. 399, § 1 (1st sentence as applicable to duration of stay, and proviso as applicable to duration of stay), 58 Stat. 723. |
|  | 46 U.S.C. 792 (as applicable to duration of stay). | July 3, 1944, ch. 399, § 2 (as applicable to duration of stay), 58 Stat. 724. |
|  | 646 U.S.C. 794 (8th sentence and proviso of 9th sentence). | July 3, 1944, ch. 399, § 4 (8th sentence and proviso of 9th sentence), 58 Stat. 724. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “section 8895 or 8896” for “section 7725 or 7726”.

## 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 .