---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 115.306"
title: "46"
number: "115.306"
heading: "Stability letter."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/115.306"
---

# §115.306. Stability letter.


When, in accordance with [§ 170.120](/cfr/46/170.120.md) in subchapter S of this chapter, a vessel must be provided with a stability letter, the stability letter must be posted under glass or other suitable transparent material, such that all pages are visible, at the operating station of the vessel. If posting is impracticable, the stability letter must be kept on board in a weathertight container readily available for use by the crew and for display to passengers and others on request.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 892, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.