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Title 46
Title 46
DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
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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