US Code
CHAPTER 883— PRIZE
§ 8865. Sale of prize

(a) The court shall order a sale of prize property if—(1) the property has been condemned;
(2) the court finds, at any stage of the proceedings, that the property is perishable, liable to deteriorate, or liable to depreciate in value; or
(3) the cost of keeping the property is disproportionate to its value.
(b) The court may order a sale of the prize property if, after the return-day on the libel, all the parties in interest who have appeared in the cause agree to it.
(c) An appeal does not prevent the order of a sale under this section or the execution of such an order.

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Title 10— ARMED FORCES

Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps

PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 883— PRIZE

§ 8851. Scope of chapter

§ 8852. Jurisdiction

§ 8853. Court in which proceedings brought

§ 8854. Effect of failure to start proceedings

§ 8855. Appointment of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners

§ 8856. Duties of United States attorney

§ 8857. Duties of commanding officer of capturing vessel

§ 8858. Duties of prize master

§ 8859. Libel and proceedings by United States attorney

§ 8860. Duties of prize commissioners

§ 8861. Interrogation of witnesses by prize commissioners

§ 8862. Duties of marshal

§ 8863. Prize property appropriated for the use of the United States

§ 8864. Delivery of property on stipulation

§ 8865. Sale of prize

§ 8866. Mode of making sale

§ 8867. Transfer of prize property to another district for sale

§ 8868. Disposition of prize money

§ 8869. Security for costs

§ 8870. Costs and expenses a charge on prize property

§ 8871. Payment of costs and expenses from prize fund

§ 8872. Recaptures: award of salvage, costs, and expenses

§ 8873. Allowance of expenses to marshals

§ 8874. Payment of witness fees

§ 8875. Commissions of auctioneers

§ 8876. Compensation of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners

§ 8877. Accounts of clerks of district courts

§ 8878. Interfering with delivery, custody, or sale of prize property

§ 8879. Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal

§ 8880. Appeals and amendments in prize causes

§ 8881. Reciprocal privileges to cobelligerent