---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 138.70"
title: "33"
number: "138.70"
heading: "Issuance and renewal of COFRs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/138.70"
---

# §138.70. Issuance and renewal of COFRs.

- (a) **Types of COFRs.** The Director issues the following three types of COFRs as provided further in [§ 138.80](/cfr/33/138.80.md): Individual Certificates, Fleet Certificates and Master Certificates.
- (b) **Requirements before issuance and renewal of COFRs.** The Director will issue or renew a COFR only after NPFC receives a completed Application or request for COFR renewal, and satisfactory evidence of financial responsibility.
- (c) **COFRs are issued only to designated COFR Operators.** Each COFR of any type is issued only in the name of the COFR Operator designated in the Application or request for COFR renewal.
- (d) **Form of issuance.** All COFRs are issued by the Director in electronic form on NPFC's COFR program website (https://npfc.uscg.mil/cofr/default.aspx) for a term of no more than 3 years from the date of issuance.
- (e) **Information included in COFRs.** The following information is available on NPFC's COFR program website for each COFR issued by the Director:
  - (1) The name of the COFR Operator;
  - (2) The date of COFR expiration;
  - (3) The COFR number;
  - (4) For an Individual Certificate, the name of the covered vessel, and the vessel's gross tonnage information, including the measurement system(s) used;
  - (5) For a Fleet Certificate, the gross tons of the largest unmanned, non-self-propelled, non-tank barge within the fleet, including the measurement systems(s) used; and
  - (6) For a Master Certificate, the gross tons of the largest tank vessel and largest vessel other than a tank vessel eligible for coverage by the Master Certificate, including the measurement systems(s) used.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 68139, Dec. 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 552(d); 33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716, 2716a; 42 U.S.C. 9608, 9609; E.O. 12580, Sec. 7(b), 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193; E.O. 12777, Secs. 4 and 5, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351, as amended by E.O. 13286, Sec. 89, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p. 166, and by E.O. 13638, Sec. 1, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p.227; Department of Homeland Security Delegation Nos. 00170.1, Revision 01.2 and 5110, Revision 01. Section 138.40 also issued under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 2103 and 14302.

### Source

Source: USCG-2005-21780, 73 FR 53697, Sept. 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted.