[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: 46CFR42.07-5]

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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. 42.07-5  Marks placed on vessel to indicate load lines.

    (a) Load line marks to indicate the maximum amidship's draft to 
which a vessel can be lawfully submerged, in the various circumstances 
and seasons, shall be permanently marked on each side of the vessel in 
the form, manner, and location as required by this subchapter.
    (b) The load line marks placed on a vessel shall be attested to by a 
valid load line certificate as required by Sec. 42.07-45(b). The 
issuing authority shall not deliver any required load line certificate 
to the vessel until after its surveyor has ascertained that the vessel 
meets the applicable survey requirements and the correct placement of 
the marks on the vessel's sides has been confirmed.
    (c) The requirements for load line marks apply to all new and 
existing vessels as specified in Sec. Sec. 42.03-5 and 42.03-10, except 
when a vessel has been issued a load line exemption certificate in lieu 
of a load line certificate.

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10052, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-126, 34 
FR 9012, June 5, 1969]