---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10307"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "10307"
heading: "Posting agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/10307"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 103 — Foreign and Intercoastal Voyages"
---

# §10307. Posting agreements


At the beginning of a voyage, the [master](/usc/46/10101.md?p=1) shall have a legible copy of the agreement required by [section 10302 of this title](/usc/46/10302.md), omitting signatures, exhibited in a part of the vessel accessible to the crew.


## 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.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| 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—Pub. L. 103–206 struck out at end “A master violating this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $100.”