(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.
Structure US Code
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
§ 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
§ 8863. Prize property appropriated for the use of the United States
§ 8864. Delivery of property on stipulation
§ 8867. Transfer of prize property to another district for sale
§ 8868. Disposition of prize money
§ 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