[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR42.07-20]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 42_DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 42.07_Control, Enforcement, and Rights of Appeal
 
Sec. 42.07-20  Logbook entries.

    (a) As described in Sec. 3.13-35 of Subchapter A (Procedures 
Applicable to the Public) of this chapter, official logbooks (Form CG-
706-C), are furnished free to certain vessels, and after they have 
served their purpose they are filed with the applicable Officer in 
Charge, Marine Inspection.
    (b) The master shall be responsible for having entered in the 
vessel's ``official logbook'' if carried, otherwise in his own log 
considered as its official logbook, the data required by section 6 of 
the load line acts. These logbooks entries shall be made before a vessel 
departs from her loading port or place and consist of:
    (1) A statement of the load line marks applicable to the voyage; 
and,
    (2) A statement of the position of the load line marks, port and 
starboard, at the time of departing from a port or place; i.e., the 
distance in inches of the water surface above or below the applicable 
load line; and,
    (3) The actual drafts of the vessel, forward and aft, as nearly as 
the same can be ascertained, at the time of departing from a port or 
place.
    (c) Where the master uses his own log, it shall be kept by the 
master or owner for 1 year after the actions noted therein have been 
completed and upon request shall be furnished to any load line 
enforcement officer.

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10053, July 12, 1968]