---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8899"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8899"
heading: "Investigation before issue of certificate"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8899"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part IV — General Administration"
  - "Chapter 885 — Stay of Judicial Proceedings"
---

# §8899. Investigation before issue of certificate


The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) may not issue a certificate under this chapter until he satisfies himself by investigation that it is necessary.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 485, § 7729; renumbered § 8899, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(10), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 7729 | 46 U.S.C. 794 (less 1st 10 sentences). | July 3, 1944, ch. 399, § 4 (less 1st 10 sentences), 58 Stat. 724. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7729 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.