---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 187.107"
title: "33"
number: "187.107"
heading: "What information must be made available to assist law enforcement officials and what information may be made available?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/187.107"
---

# §187.107. What information must be made available to assist law enforcement officials and what information may be made available?

- (a) A participating State must make the following information available to VIS for use by law enforcement officials:
  - (1) Vessel identifier(s), as required by [§ 187.9](/cfr/33/187.9.md).
  - (2) **Notice of law enforcement status.** Authorized terms are “lost”, “stolen”, “destroyed”, “abandoned”, or “recovered”.
  - (3) **Date of notice of law enforcement status.**
  - (4) **Point of contact for the agency or official reporting the status.**
  - (5) **National Crime Information Center code for the reporting agency or official.**
- (b) A participating State may make the following information available to law enforcement officials:
  - (1) Notice that the vessel is being sought for a law enforcement purpose other than a purpose listed in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section.
  - (2) **Location of vessel when reported lost, stolen, destroyed, abandoned, or recovered.**
  - (3) **Vessel insurance policy number.**
  - (4) **Name of insurance company.**
  - (5) **Address of insurance company.**
  - (6) Mailing address of insurance company, if different from the address in [paragraph (b)(5)](#b-5) of this section.
  - (7) **Telephone number of insurance company.**
  - (8) **Date the vessel was recovered.**
  - (9) **Location of the vessel when recovered.**
  - (10) **Names and telephone numbers of contacts not listed under paragraph (a)(4) of this section.**
  - (11) **Request to be notified if vessel is sighted.**
  - (12) **Purpose of sighting notification request.**
  - (13) **Date and time vessel last sighted.**
  - (14) **Location of vessel when last sighted.**

## Notes

### 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.