---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10705"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "10705"
heading: "Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/10705"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 107 — Effects of Deceased Seamen"
---

# §10705. Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers


When money, property, or wages of a deceased [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3) comes into possession of a consular officer, the officer may—

- (1) sell the property and remit the proceeds and other money or wages of the [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3) the officer has received, to the district court of the United States for the district in which the voyage begins or ends; or
- (2) deliver the money, property, and wages to the district court.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 573.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 10705 | 46:624 |

Section 10705 instructs consular officers on the disposal of the property and wages of deceased seamen who have died outside the United States.