---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 187.101"
title: "33"
number: "187.101"
heading: "What information must be collected to identify a vessel owner?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/187.101"
---

# §187.101. What information must be collected to identify a vessel owner?

- (a) A participating State must collect the following information for a vessel it has numbered or titled when an individual owns the vessel and make it available to VIS:
  - (1) **Names of all owners.**
  - (2) **Principal residence of one owner.**
  - (3) **Mailing Address, if different from the address in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.**
  - (4) Owner identifier, which must be the owner's tax identification number, date of birth together with driver's license number, or date of birth together with other unique number.
- (b) A participating State must collect the following information for a vessel that it has numbered or titled when the vessel's owner is not an individual, but a business or other type of organization:
  - (1) **Names of all businesses or organizations that own the vessel.**
  - (2) **Principal address of one business or organization.**
  - (3) **Mailing address, if different from the address in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.**
  - (4) **Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for the principal business or organization.**
  - (5) If the TIN for the principal business or organization is not available, one of the following unique identifiers for a corporate officer, a partner, or the individual who signed the application for numbering:
    - (i) Owner identifier, which must be the owner's tax identification number, date of birth together with driver's license number, or date of birth together with other unique number.
    - (ii) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-6420, 66 FR 15630, Mar. 20, 2001, as amended by USCG-2003-14963, 77 FR 18703, Mar. 28, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 12501, 31322; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92).

### Source

Source: USCG-1999-6420, 66 FR 15630, Mar. 20, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-6420, 66 FR 15630, Mar. 20, 2001, as amended by USCG-2003-14963, 77 FR 18703, Mar. 28, 2012]