33 CFR § 174.15 - Validation stickers.

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title: "33 CFR § 174.15 - Validation stickers."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "174.15"
section_name: "Validation stickers."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "S"
subchapter_name: "BOATING SAFETY"
part_number: "174"
part_name: "STATE NUMBERING AND CASUALTY REPORTING SYSTEMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 6101 and 12302; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21402, Oct. 7, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
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# 174.15 Validation stickers.

(a) If a State issues validation stickers, its numbering system must contain the requirements that stickers must be displayed within 6 inches of the number and the stickers must meet the requirements in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) Validation stickers must be approximately 3 inches square.

(c) The year in which each validation sticker expires must be indicated by the colors, blue, international orange, green, and red, in rotation beginning with blue for stickers that expire in 1973.