{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-8860","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 8860","heading":"Duties of prize commissioners","body":"One or more of the prize commissioners shall—(1) receive from the prize master the documents and papers of the captured vessel and the inventory thereof; (2) take the affidavit of the prize master required by section 8858 of this title; (3) take promptly, in the manner prescribed by section 8861 of this title, the testimony of the witnesses sent in; (4) take, at the request of the United States attorney, on interrogatories prescribed by the court, the depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and others; (5) examine and inventory the prize property; (6) apply to the court for an order to the marshal to unload the cargo, if this is necessary to that examination and inventory; (7) report to the court, and notify the United States attorney, whether any of the prize property requires immediate sale in the interest of all parties; (8) report to the court, from time to time, any matter relating to the condition, custody, or disposal of the prize property requiring action by the court; (9) return to the court sealed and secured from inspection—(A) the documents and papers received, duly scheduled and numbered; (B) the preparatory evidence; (C) the evidence taken de bene esse; and (D) their inventory of the prize property; and (10) report to the Secretary of the Navy, if, in their judgment, any of the prize property is useful to the United States in the prosecution of war.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 883—PRIZE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"8a368b94e6be874f1be5203211ebe49914c662c44b65f2615cf0559e4a60bba6","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-8859","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-8861"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}