33 CFR § 181.7 - Compliance certification label required.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s181.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 181.7 - Compliance certification label required."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "181.7"
section_name: "Compliance certification label required."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "S"
subchapter_name: "BOATING SAFETY"
part_number: "181"
part_name: "MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 4302; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 72-60, 37 FR 15779, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "181"
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# 181.7 Compliance certification label required.

Unless there is affixed to it a certification label that contains the information required by § 181.15:

(a) No person who manufactures, constructs, or assembles a boat or associated equipment may deliver that boat or equipment for the purpose of sale;

(b) No person may import into the United States any boat or associated equipment; and

(c) No person engaged in the business of selling or distributing boats or associated equipment may sell or offer for sale any boat or associated equipment.