---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 181.17"
title: "33"
number: "181.17"
heading: "Label numbers and letters."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/181.17"
---

# §181.17. Label numbers and letters.


Letters and numbers on each label must:

- (a) Be no less than one-eighth of an inch in height; and
- (b) Contrast with the basic color of the label, except that the date of certification may be permanently stamped, engraved, or embossed on the label.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-60, 37 FR 15779, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.