46 USC § 10312 - Settlements on discharge

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10312"
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title: "46 USC § 10312 - Settlements on discharge"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "10312"
section_name: "Settlements on discharge"
chapter_number: 103
chapter_name: "FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 565; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 410, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437.)"
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# § 10312. Settlements on discharge

section 10302 of this title

When discharge and settlement are completed, the master, individual in charge, or owner and each seaman shall sign the agreement required by .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 565; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 410, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 10312(a), (b), (d)–(f) | 46:644 |
| 10312(c) | 46:652 |

Section 10312 outlines the procedures for settlements upon discharge and for settling disputes over seamen’s wages and discharges.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993— amended heading and text of section generally, substituting text consisting of sentence relating to signing agreements on discharge and settlement for former subsecs. (a) to (f) relating to such agreements, proceedings before shipping commissioners to settle disputes, certified copies of agreements, evidence of release of claims, and statements of wages paid.