46 USC § 10503
Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents
through Pub. L. 116-344, except Pub. Ls. 116-260 and 116-283
Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner's document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.
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10503 | 46:643 |
Under section 10503 seamen who are required to have a merchant mariner's document must exhibit it before signing a shipping agreement on a coastwise voyage.