---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10708"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "10708"
heading: "Sale of property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/10708"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 107 — Effects of Deceased Seamen"
---

# §10708. Sale of property


A district court of the United States may direct the sale of any part of the property of a deceased [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3). Proceeds of the sale shall be held as wages of the [seaman](/usc/46/10101.md?p=3) are held.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 574.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 10708 | 46:628 |

Section 10708 permits a district court to sell a deceased seaman’s property and treat the proceeds as wages.