---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 14.205"
title: "46"
number: "14.205"
heading: "Production of credentials by merchant mariner signing shipping articles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/14.205"
---

# §14.205. Production of credentials by merchant mariner signing shipping articles.


On engagement for a voyage upon which shipping articles are required, each merchant mariner must provide to the master or individual in charge of the vessel a merchant mariner credential with endorsements required by law for the service the mariner would perform.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11260, Mar. 16, 2009; USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77999, Dec. 24, 2013; USCG-2021-0834, 89 FR 102337, Dec. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 46 U.S.C. Chapters 103 and 104; 46 U.S.C. 70105.

### Source

Source: CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11260, Mar. 16, 2009; USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77999, Dec. 24, 2013; USCG-2021-0834, 89 FR 102337, Dec. 17, 2024]