---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 96.480"
title: "33"
number: "96.480"
heading: "What is the status of a certificate if the issuing organization has its authority terminated?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/96.480"
---

# §96.480. What is the status of a certificate if the issuing organization has its authority terminated?


Any certificate issued by an organization authorized by the Coast Guard whose authorization is later terminated remains valid until—

- (a) Its original expiration date,
- (b) The date of the next periodic audit required to maintain the certificate's validity, or
- (c) **Whichever of paragraphs (a) or (b) occurs first.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3201 et. seq.; 46 U.S.C. 3103; 46 U.S.C. 3316; 33 U.S.C. 1231.

### Source

Source: CGD 95-073, 62 FR 67506, Dec. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted.