[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR173.3]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY(CONTINUED)
 
PART 173_VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY ANDACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 173.3  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) [Reserved]
    (b) Issuing authority means a State that has a numberingsystem 
approved by the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard where a numbersystem has 
not been approved. Issuing authorities are listed inAppendix A of this 
part.
    (c) Operator means the person who is in control or in chargeof a 
vessel while it is in use.
    (d) Owner means a person who claims lawful possession of avessel by 
virtue of legal title or equitable interest therein whichentitles him to 
such possession.
    (e) Person means an individual, firm, partnership,corporation, 
company, association, joint-stock association, orgovernmental entity and 
includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, orsimilar representative of any 
of them.
    (f) Reporting authority means a State that has a numberingsystem 
approved by the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard where anumbering system 
has not been approved. Reporting authorities arelisted in Appendix A of 
this part.
    (g) State means a State of the United States, theCommonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District ofColumbia.
    (h) State of principal use means the State on whose waters avessel 
is used or to be used most during a calendar year.

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    (i) Use means operate, navigate, or employ.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended byCGD 77-117A, 43 FR 
17941, Apr. 27, 1978; CGD 89-048, 54FR 2702, June 27, 1989; USCG-2008-
0179, 73 FR 35024,June 19, 2008]