[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR181.23]

[Page 854]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 181_MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Identification of Boats
 
Sec. 181.23  Hull identification numbers required.

    (a) A manufacturer (or importer), as defined in Sec. 181.3 of this 
part, must identify each boat produced or imported with two hull 
identification numbers that meet the requirements of this subpart:
    (1) A primary hull identification number affixed in accordance with 
Sec. Sec. 181.29(a) and (c) of this subpart; and
    (2) A duplicate hull identification number affixed in accordance 
with Sec. Sec. 181.29(b) and (c) of this subpart.
    (b) A person who builds or imports a boat for his or her own use and 
not for the purposes of sale, must identify that boat with two hull 
identification numbers that meet the requirements of this subpart.
    (c) No person may assign the same hull identification number to more 
than one boat.