{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-10317","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 10317","heading":"Loss of lien and right to wages","body":"A master or seaman by any agreement other than one provided for in this chapter may not forfeit the master’s or seaman’s lien on the vessel or be deprived of a remedy to which the master or seaman otherwise would be entitled for the recovery of wages. A stipulation in an agreement inconsistent with this chapter, or a stipulation by which a seaman consents to abandon a right to wages if the vessel is lost, or to abandon a right the seaman may have or obtain in the nature of salvage, is void.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 103—FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"07535428e33fdd08d573cd3bbb8314ac7a6ad1984c5d87ce8aa5e3c192af3ffb","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-10316","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-10318"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}