---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 125.17"
title: "33"
number: "125.17"
heading: "Persons eligible for Coast Guard Port Security Cards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/125.17"
---

# §125.17. Persons eligible for Coast Guard Port Security Cards.

- (a) Only the following persons may be issued Coast Guard Port Security Cards:
  - (1) **Persons regularly employed on vessels or on waterfront facilities.**
  - (2) Persons having regular public or private business connected with the operation, maintenance, or administration of vessels, their cargoes, or waterfront facilities.
- (b) A holder of a Merchant Mariner's Document shall not be issued a Port Security Card, unless his Merchant Mariner's Document is surrendered to the Coast Guard. In this connection, see [§ 125.09](/cfr/33/125.09.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 62-39, 27 FR 11259, Nov. 15, 1962, as amended by CGD 77-228, 43 FR 53427, Nov. 16, 1978]

### Authority

Authority: R.S. 4517, 4518, secs. 19, 2, 23 Stat. 58, 118, sec. 7, 49 Stat. 1936, sec. 1, 40 Stat. 220; 46 U.S.C. 570-572, 2, 689, 70051 and 70105; E.O. 10173, E.O. 10277, E.O. 10352, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp. pp. 356, 778, 873.

### Source

Source: CGFR 56-15, 21 FR 2940, May 3, 1956, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 62-39, 27 FR 11259, Nov. 15, 1962, as amended by CGD 77-228, 43 FR 53427, Nov. 16, 1978]