[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: 33CFR173.77]

[Page 882]
 
                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 D_Issue of Certificate of Number
 
Sec. 173.77  Validity of certificate of number.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) ofthis 
section, a certificate of number is valid until the date ofexpiration 
prescribed by the issuing authority.
    (b) A certificate of number issued by an issuing authority isinvalid 
after the date upon which:
    (1) The vessel is documented or required to be documented underPart 
67 of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations;
    (2) The person whose name appears on the certificate of number 
asowner of the vessel transfer all of his or her ownership in thevessel; 
or
    (3) The vessel is destroyed or abandoned.
    (c) A certificate of number issued by an issuing authority isinvalid 
if:
    (1) The application for the certificate of number contains a falseor 
fraudulent statement; or
    (2) The fees for the issuance of the certificate of number are 
notpaid.
    (d) A certificate of number is invalid 60 days after the day onwhich 
the vessel is no longer principally used in the State where 
thecertificate was issued.
    (e) The certificate of number is invalid when the person whosename 
appears on the certificate involuntarily loses his or herinterest in the 
numbered vessel by legal process.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended byUSCG-2003-15404, 68 
FR 37742, June 25, 2003]