46 CFR § 67.207 - Requirement for date and acknowledgment.

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title: "46 CFR § 67.207 - Requirement for date and acknowledgment."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "67.207"
section_name: "Requirement for date and acknowledgment."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "DOCUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS"
part_number: "67"
part_name: "DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "14 U.S.C. 664; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 9118; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104, 2107, 12102, 12103, 12104, 12105, 12106, 12113, 12133, 12139; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 67.207 Requirement for date and acknowledgment.

(a) Every instrument presented for filing and recording must:

(1) Bear the date of its execution; and

(2) Contain an acknowledgment.

(b) No officer or employee of the Coast Guard is authorized to take such acknowledgments unless the instrument is executed on behalf of the Federal Government of the United States.