[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: 33CFR174.3]

[Page 884]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY(CONTINUED)
 
PART 174_STATE NUMBERING AND CASUALTYREPORTING SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 174.3  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Operator means the person who is in control or in charge ofa vessel 
while it is in use.
    Owner means a person who claims lawful possession of avessel by 
virtue of legal title or equitable interest therein whichentitles him or 
her to such possession.
    Reporting authority means a State where a numbering systemhas been 
approved by the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard where anumbering system 
has not been approved. Reporting authorities arelisted in Appendix A of 
Part 173 of this chapter.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21402, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended byCGD 96-026, 61 FR 
33669, June 28, 1996; CGD 97-023, 62FR 33365, June 19, 1997; USCG-2003-
15404, 68 FR 37742,June 25, 2003]