---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 187.305"
title: "33"
number: "187.305"
heading: "Law governing vessels covered by certificate of title."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/187.305"
---

# §187.305. Law governing vessels covered by certificate of title.

- (a) The local law of the State under whose certificate of title a vessel is covered governs all issues relating to the certificate from the time the vessel becomes covered by the certificate until the vessel becomes covered by another certificate or becomes a documented vessel, even if no other relationship exists between the State and the vessel or its owner.
- (b) A vessel becomes covered by a certificate of title when an application for the certificate and the applicable fee are delivered to the office in accordance with this subpart or to the governmental agency that creates a certificate in another jurisdiction in accordance with the law of that jurisdiction.

## 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.