[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR173.21]

[Page 802-803]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 173--VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B--Numbering
 
Sec. 173.21  Certificate of number required.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec.Sec. 173.13 and 173.17, no person may 
use a vessel to which this part applies unless it has on board:
    (1) A valid certificate of number or temporary certificate for that 
vessel issued by the issuing authority in the State in which the vessel 
is principally used; or
    (2) For the vessel described in paragraph (b) of this section, a 
copy of the lease or rental agreement, signed by the owner or his or her 
authorized representative and by the person leasing or renting the 
vessel, that contains at least:
    (i) The vessel number that appears on the certificate of number; and
    (ii) The period of time for which the vessel is leased or rented.
    (b) Section 12304(a) of Title 46, United States Code, states in 
part: The certificate of number for a vessel less than 26 feet in length 
and leased or rented to

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another for the latter's noncommercial operation of less than 7 days may 
be retained on shore by the vessel's owner or representative at the 
place from which the vessel departs or returns to the possession of the 
owner or the owner's representative.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by CGD 77-117A, 43 FR 
17941, Apr. 27, 1978; CGD 89-048, 54 FR 27002, June 27, 1989; USCG-2003-
15404, 68 FR 37742, June 25, 2003]