{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-10503","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 10503","heading":"Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents","body":"Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 105—COASTWISE 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":"228d5dc43a82aa7aa47505d13ea7a9aa02d84431aa3f7b89da71731073a33ea9","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-10502","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-10504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}