Vessel stranded on foreign coast

save and secure the vessel and property on the vessel; and prepare an inventory of the property that is saved. After deducting the expenses, the consular officer shall deliver the property, with an inventory, to the owner of the property. A consular officer may not take possession of property under this section when the owner, master, or consignee is present or able to take possession of the property. When a vessel of the United States is stranded on a coast of a foreign country, the consular officer in that country shall take proper measures, to the extent the laws of that country allow, to— (Source: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 11, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1690.))