Title 46, Chapter 121 — Documentation of Vessels

Definitions

Vessels requiring documentation

General eligibility requirements

Applications for documentation

Issuance of documentation

Surrender of title and number

Wrecked vessels

Authority to extend duration of vessel certificates

Registry endorsement

Coastwise endorsement

Fishery endorsement

Recreational endorsement

Temporary endorsement for vessels procured outside the United States

Limited endorsements for Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands

Oil spill response vessels

Owners engaged primarily in manufacturing or mineral industry

Owners engaged primarily in leasing or financing transactions

Liquified gas tankers

Small passenger vessels and uninspected passenger vessels

Command of documented vessels

Loss of coastwise trade privileges

Duty to carry certificate on vessel and allow examination

Evidentiary uses of documentation

Invalidation of certificates of documentation

Surrender of certificates of documentation

Recording of vessels built in the United States

List of documented vessels

Reports

Investigations by Secretary

Penalties

Denial or revocation of endorsement for non-payment of civil penalty