---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1803"
title: "46"
number: "154.1803"
heading: "Expiration of Certificates of Compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1803"
---

# §154.1803. Expiration of Certificates of Compliance.

- (a) A Certificate of Compliance expires after a period not to exceed twenty-four months from the date of the examination under [§ 154.150](/cfr/46/154.150.md).
- (b) If a vessel's IMO Certificate of Fitness expires or otherwise becomes invalid, its Certificate of Compliance becomes invalid for the carriage of cargoes listed in Table 4 of this part or authorized by special approval under [§ 154.12](/cfr/46/154.12.md). To maintain the validity of the Certificate of Compliance, the vessel's owner must submit a copy of any revised or reissued IMO Certificate to Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-052, 50 FR 8735, Mar. 5, 1985; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50466, Sept. 29, 1995; 60 FR 54106, Oct. 19, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-052, 50 FR 8735, Mar. 5, 1985; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50466, Sept. 29, 1995; 60 FR 54106, Oct. 19, 1995]