[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: 33CFR173.77]

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                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 D--Issue of Certificate of Number
 
Sec. 173.77  Validity of certificate of number.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this 
section, a certificate of number is valid until the date of expiration 
prescribed by the issuing authority.
    (b) A certificate of number issued by an issuing authority is 
invalid after the date upon which:
    (1) The vessel is documented or required to be documented under Part 
67 of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations;
    (2) The person whose name appears on the certificate of number as 
owner of the vessel transfer all of his or her ownership in the vessel; 
or
    (3) The vessel is destroyed or abandoned.
    (c) A certificate of number issued by an issuing authority is 
invalid if:
    (1) The application for the certificate of number contains a false 
or fraudulent statement; or
    (2) The fees for the issuance of the certificate of number are not 
paid.
    (d) A certificate of number is invalid 60 days after the day on 
which the vessel is no longer principally used in the State where the 
certificate was issued.
    (e) The certificate of number is invalid when the person whose name 
appears on the certificate involuntarily loses his or her interest in 
the numbered vessel by legal process.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by USCG-2003-15404, 
68 FR 37742, June 25, 2003]