---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 126.420"
title: "46"
number: "126.420"
heading: "Application for Certificate of Inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/126.420"
---

# §126.420. Application for Certificate of Inspection.


You must submit a written application for an inspection for certification to the cognizant OCMI. To renew a Certificate of Inspection, you must submit an application at least 30 days before the expiration of the tank vessel's current certificate. You must use Form CG-3752, Application for Inspection of U.S. Vessel, and submit it to the OCMI at, or nearest to, the port where the vessel is located. When renewing a Certificate of Inspection, you must schedule an inspection for certification within the 3 months before the expiration date of the current Certificate of Inspection.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6505, Feb. 9, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3205, 3306, 3307, 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49324, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6505, Feb. 9, 2000]