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Codes of Federal Regulations to Recreational Boating Safety
- 123. Numbering Undocumented Vessels
- 2302. Penalties for negligent operations and interfering with safe operation
- 33 CFR – Flotation and Safe Loading Requirements
- 33 CFR 175.15 – Personal flotation devices required
- 33 CFR Part 165 – Regulated navigation areas and limited access areas
- 33 CFR Part 173 – Vessel numbering and casualty and accident reporting
- 33 CFR Part 174 – State numbering and casualty reporting systems
- 33 CFR Part 177 – Correction of especially hazardous conditions
- 33 CFR Part 183 – Boats and associated equipment
- 33 CFR Part 187 – Vessel identification system
- 33 CFR Subpart B – Display of Capacity Information
- 33 CFR Subpart B – Manufacturer Certification of Compliance
- 33 CFR Subpart C – Identification of Boats
- 33 CFR Subpart C – Safe Loading
- 33 CFR Subpart C – Visual Distress Signals
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- 33 CFR Subpart G – Protection of Naval Vessels
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- 33 CFR Subpart K – Ventilation
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- 33-CFR Subpart C Visual Distress Signals
- 4.94 Yacht privileges and obligations
- 46 CFR Subpart 25.30 – Fire Extinguishing Equipment
- 46 CFR Subpart 25.35 – Backfire Flame Control
- 46 CFR Subpart 4.05 – Notice of Marine Casualty and Voyage Records
- 67 107 System Measurement Evidence
- 67 501 Application Certificate Documentation
- 67 527 Application Filing Recording Bills Sale Instruments Nature Bill Sale
- 67.1 – Purpose
- 67.101 – Waiver of Evidence of Build
- 67.105 – Requirement for Determination
- 67.107 – System of Measurement; Evidence
- 67.11 – Restriction on Transfer of an Interest in Documented Vessels to Foreign Persons; Foreign Registry or Operation
- 67.111 – Assignment of Official Number
- 67.113 – Managing Owner Designation; Address; Requirement to Report Change of Address
- 67.117 – Vessel Name Designation
- 67.119 – Hailing Port Designation
- 67.12 – Right of Appeal
- 67.120 – General Requirement
- 67.121 – Official Number Marking Requirement
- 67.123 – Name and Hailing Port Marking Requirements
- 67.125 – Disputes
- 67.13 – Incorporation by Reference
- 67.130 – Submission of Applications
- 67.131 – Forfeited Vessels
- 67.132 – Special Legislation
- 67.133 – Wrecked Vessels
- 67.134 – Captured Vessels
- 67.14 – OMB Control Numbers Assigned Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
- 67.141 – Application Procedure; All Cases
- 67.142 – Penalties
- 67.143 – Restriction on Withdrawal of Application
- 67.149 – Exchange of Certificate of Documentation; Vessel at Sea
- 67.151 – Replacement of Certificate of Documentation; Special Procedure for Wrongfully Withheld Document
- 67.163 – Renewal of Endorsement
- 67.165 – Deposit of Certificate of Documentation
- 67.167 – Requirement for Exchange of Certificate of Documentation
- 67.17 – Registry Endorsement
- 67.173 – Cancellation; Requirement and Procedure
- 67.175 – Application for New Vessel Determination
- 67.177 – Application for Foreign Rebuilding Determination
- 67.19 – Coastwise or Great Lakes Endorsement
- 67.200 – Instruments Eligible for Filing and Recording
- 67.203 – Restrictions on Filing and Recording
- 67.205 – Requirement for Vessel Identification
- 67.207 – Requirement for Date and Acknowledgment
- 67.209 – No Original Instrument Requirement
- 67.21 – Fishery Endorsement
- 67.211 – Requirement for Citizenship Declaration
- 67.213 – Place of Filing and Recording
- 67.215 – Date and Time of Filing
- 67.217 – Termination of Filing and Disposition of Instruments
- 67.218 – Optional Filing of Instruments in Portable Document Format as Attachments to Electronic Mail
- 67.219 – Optional Filing of Instruments by Facsimile
- 67.220 – Requirements
- 67.223 – Filing Limitation
- 67.23 – Recreational Endorsement
- 67.231 – General Requirements; Optional Application for Filing and Recording
- 67.233 – Restrictions on Recording Mortgages, Preferred Mortgages, and Related Instruments
- 67.235 – Requirements for Mortgages
- 67.237 – Requirements for Assignments of Mortgages
- 67.239 – Requirements for Assumptions of Mortgages
- 67.241 – Requirements for Amendments of or Supplements to Mortgages
- 67.243 – Requirements for Instruments Subordinating Mortgages
- 67.245 – Requirements for Interlender Agreements
- 67.250 – General Requirements
- 67.253 – Requirements for Notices of Claim of Lien
- 67.255 – Restrictions on Filing and Recording
- 67.257 – Requirements for Assignments of Notices of Claim of Lien
- 67.259 – Requirements for Amendments to Notice of Claim of Lien
- 67.261 – General Requirements
- 67.263 – Requirement for Removal of Encumbrances by Court Order, Affidavit, or Declaration of Forfeiture
- 67.3 – Definitions
- 67.30 – Requirement for Citizen Owner
- 67.301 – Issuance of Abstract of Title
- 67.303 – Issuance of Certificate of Ownership
- 67.31 – Stock or Equity Interest Requirements
- 67.311 – Alteration of Certificate of Documentation
- 67.313 – Requirement to Have Certificate of Documentation on Board
- 67.313 – Requirement to Have Certificate of Documentation on Board
- 67.315 – Requirement to Produce Certificate of Documentation
- 67.317 – Requirement to Renew Endorsements on the Certificate of Documentation
- 67.319 – Requirement to Report Change in Vessel Status and Surrender Certificate of Documentation
- 67.321 – Requirement to Report Change of Address of Managing Owner
- 67.323 – Operation without Documentation
- 67.325 – Violation of Endorsement
- 67.327 – Operation under Certificate of Documentation with Invalid Endorsement
- 67.329 – Unauthorized Name Change
- 67.33 – Individual
- 67.331 – Improper Markings
- 67.35 – Partnership
- 67.350 – Conflicts with International Agreements
- 67.352 – Applicability
- 67.36 – Trust
- 67.37 – Association or Joint Venture
- 67.39 – Corporation
- 67.41 – Government Entity
- 67.43 – Evidence of Citizenship
- 67.47 – Requirement for Maritime Administration Approval
- 67.5 – Vessels Eligible for Documentation
- 67.50 – Requirement for Title Evidence
- 67.500 – Applicability
- 67.501 – Application for Certificate of Documentation
- 67.503 – Application for Exchange or Replacement of a Certificate of Documentation
- 67.505 – Application for Return of Vessel to Documentation
- 67.507 – Application for Replacement of Lost or Mutilated Certificate of Documentation
- 67.509 – Application for Approval of Exchange of Certificate of Documentation Requiring Mortgagee Consent
- 67.511 – Application for Trade Endorsement(s)
- 67.513 – Application for Evidence of Deletion from Documentation
- 67.517 – Application for Late Renewal
- 67.519 – Application for Waivers
- 67.521 – Application for New Vessel Determination
- 67.523 – Application for Wrecked Vessel Determination
- 67.525 – Application for Determination of Rebuild
- 67.527 – Application for Filing and Recording Bills of Sale and Instruments in the Nature of a Bill of Sale
- 67.529 – Application for Filing and Recording Mortgages and Related Instruments
- 67.53 – Methods of Establishing Title
- 67.531 – Application for Filing and Recording Notices of Claim of Lien
- 67.533 – Application for Certificate of Compliance
- 67.535 – Issuance of Abstract of Title
- 67.537 – Issuance of Certificate of Ownership
- 67.539 – Copies of Instruments and Documents
- 67.55 – Requirement for Removal from Foreign Registry
- 67.57 – Extent of Title Evidence Required for Initial Documentation
- 67.59 – Extent of Title Evidence Required for Change in Ownership of a Documented Vessel
- 67.61 – Extent of Title Evidence Required for Vessels Returning to Documentation
- 67.63 – Extent of Title Evidence Required for Captured, Forfeited, Special Legislation, and Wrecked Vessels
- 67.7 – Vessels Requiring Documentation
- 67.70 – Original Owner
- 67.73 – Transfers Prior to Documentation
- 67.75 – Transfers by Sale or Donation Subsequent to Documentation
- 67.77 – Passage of Title by Court Action
- 67.79 – Passage of Title Without Court Action Following Death of Owner
- 67.81 – Passage of Title in Conjunction with a Corporate Merger or Similar Transaction
- 67.83 – Passage of Title by Extra-Judicial Repossession and Sale
- 67.85 – Change in General Partners of Partnership
- 67.87 – Change of Legal Name of Owner
- 67.89 – Waiver of Production of a Bill of Sale Eligible for Filing and Recording
- 67.9 – Vessels Excluded from or Exempt from Documentation
- 67.91 – Passage of Title Pursuant to Operation of State Law
- 67.95 – Requirement for Determination
- 67.97 – United States Built
- 67.99 – Evidence of Build
- 95. Operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug
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