---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 187.302"
title: "33"
number: "187.302"
heading: "Terms States must define."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/187.302"
---

# §187.302. Terms States must define.

- (a) A State must define the terms “certificate of origin”, “dealer”, “documented vessel”, “issuing authority”, “manufacturer”, “owner”, “person”, “secured party”, “security interest”, “titling authority”, and “vessel” substantially as defined in [33 CFR 187.7](/cfr/33/187.7.md).
- (b) In addition to the definitions in [§ 187.7](/cfr/33/187.7.md), a State must also define the following terms as prescribed by State law related to security interests in goods:
  - (1) **Agreement;**
  - (2) **Buyer in ordinary course of business;**
  - (3) **Conspicuous;**
  - (4) **Consumer goods;**
  - (5) **Debtor;**
  - (6) **Knowledge;**
  - (7) **Lease;**
  - (8) **Lessor;**
  - (9) **Notice;**
  - (10) **Representative;**
  - (11) **Sale;**
  - (12) **Security agreement;**
  - (13) **Seller;**
  - (14) **Send;** and
  - (15) **Value.**
- (c) The definitions in [§ 187.7](/cfr/33/187.7.md) and the terms in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section do not apply to any State or Federal law governing licensing, numbering, or registration if the same term is used in that law.

## 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.