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10 U.S.C. § 8873

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Allowance of expenses to marshals
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/us/usc/t10/s8873
Title
10 — Armed Forces
Chapter
STC/PTIV/CH883
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The marshal shall be allowed his actual and necessary expenses for the custody, care, preservation, insurance, and sale or other disposal of the prize property, and for executing any order of the court in the prize cause. Charges of the marshal for expenses or disbursements shall be allowed only upon his oath that they have been necessarily incurred for the purpose stated. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 481, § 7673; renumbered § 8873, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 767334 U.S.C. 1153.R.S. 4645. 34 U.S.C. 1153 and the revised section reflect the Act of May 28, 1896, ch. 252, § 6, 29 Stat. 179, which provided that marshals should receive annual salaries in lieu of the fees and emoluments previously allowed them. Editorial Notes Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7673 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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