[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR13.17]

[Page 680]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 13--COMMERCIAL RADIO OPERATORS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 13.17  Replacement license.

    (a) Each licensee or permittee whose original document is lost, 
mutilated, or destroyed must request a replacement. The application must 
be accompanied by the required fee and submitted to the address 
specified in part 1 of the rules.
    (b) Each application for a replacement General Radiotelephone 
Operator License, Marine Radio Operator Permit, First Class 
Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph 
Operator's Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, GMDSS Radio Maintainer's 
License, must be made on FCC Form 605 * * *
    (c) Each application for a replacement Restricted Radiotelephone 
Operator Permit must be on FCC Form 605.
    (d) Each application for a replacement Restricted Radiotelephone 
Operator Permit-Limited Use must be on FCC Form 605.
    (e) A licensee who has made application for a replacement license 
may exhibit a copy of the application submitted to the FCC or a 
photocopy of the license in lieu of the original document.

[58 FR 9124, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 68942, Dec. 14, 1998]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 46959, Aug. 7, 2003, Sec. 13.17 was 
amended by revising paragraph (b), effective Oct. 6, 2003. For the 
convenience of the reader, the revised text is set forth as follows:

Sec. 13.17  Replacement license.

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    (b) Each application for a replacement General Radiotelephone 
Operator License, Marine Radio Operator Permit, First Class 
Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate, Second Class Radiotelegraph 
Operator's Certificate, Third Class Radiotelegraph Operator's 
Certificate, GMDSS Radio Operator's License, Restricted GMDSS Radio 
Operator License, GMDSS Radio Maintainer's License, or GMDSS Radio 
Operator/Maintainer license must be made on FCC Form 605 and must 
include a written explanation as to the circumstances involved in the 
loss, mutilation, or destruction of the original document.

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