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title: "46 U.S.C. § 11112"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 11112 - Master’s lien for wages

## Text

The master of a documented vessel has the same lien against the vessel for the master’s wages and the same priority as any other seaman serving on the vessel.

(Added Pub. L. 99–307, § 1(19)(B), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 446.)