Section 10709 instructs a district court to deliver a deceased seaman’s property and wages to the proper claimant or legal representative. It also discharges the court from liability.

1986—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–307, in text preceding cl. (A), substituted “than $1,500 in value, the court,” for “then $1,500 in value, and” and “wages, may” for “wages, the court may”.