[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: 46CFR67.53]

[Page 349-350]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 67_DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D_Title Requirements for Vessel Documentation
 
Sec. 67.53  Methods of establishing title.

    Title to a vessel may be established through one of the following 
methods:
    (a) Simplified method without evidence of build. The owner must 
produce a copy of the last registration of the vessel (State, Federal, 
or foreign) and evidence which establishes chain of title from that 
registration to the present owner.
    (b) Simplified method with evidence of build. The owner must produce 
a copy of the last registration of the vessel (State, Federal, or 
foreign) and evidence which establishes chain of title from that 
registration to the present owner along with evidence of the facts of 
build in accordance with subpart F of this part.
    (c) Complete chain of title, without evidence of citizenship for 
each entity in that chain of title. The owner must provide evidence 
which establishes:
    (1) The facts of build in accordance with subpart F of this part; 
and
    (2) A complete chain of title for the vessel from the person for 
whom the vessel was built to the present owner.
    (d) Complete chain of title, with evidence of citizenship for each 
entity in that

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chain of title. The owner must provide evidence which establishes:
    (1) The facts of build in accordance with subpart F of this part; 
and
    (2) A complete chain of title for the vessel from the person for 
whom the vessel was built to the present owner, accompanied by competent 
and persuasive evidence establishing the citizenship of each entity in 
the chain of title.