46 USC § 10307 - Posting agreements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10307"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 10307 - Posting agreements"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "10307"
section_name: "Posting agreements"
chapter_number: 103
chapter_name: "FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 405, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)"
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# § 10307. Posting agreements

section 10302 of this title

At the beginning of a voyage, the master shall have a legible copy of the agreement required by , omitting signatures, exhibited in a part of the vessel accessible to the crew.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 405, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 10307 | 46:577 |

Section 10307 requires the master to post a copy of the shipping agreement in a part of the vessel accessible to the crew prior to the commencement of a voyage. The posting must be done in a manner that gives seamen adequate notice of the particulars of the pending voyage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993— struck out at end “A master violating this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $100.”