---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 126.520"
title: "46"
number: "126.520"
heading: "Certificate of Inspection: Conditions of validity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/126.520"
---

# §126.520. Certificate of Inspection: Conditions of validity.


To maintain a valid Certificate of Inspection, you must complete your annual and periodic inspections within the periods specified in § [126.510 (a)](/cfr/46/126.510.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/46/126.510.md?p=b) and your Certificate of Inspection must be endorsed.


## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6505, Feb. 9, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.