---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 170.165"
title: "46"
number: "170.165"
heading: "International Code on Intact Stability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/170.165"
---

# §170.165. International Code on Intact Stability.

- (a) Each vessel issued one or more of the certificates listed in [paragraphs (a)(1) through (4)](#a-1..a-4) of this section, must comply with the Introduction and Part A of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), unless permitted otherwise (incorporated by reference, see [§ 170.015](/cfr/46/170.015.md)).
  - (1) **International Load Line Certificate.**
  - (2) **SOLAS Passenger Ship Safety Certificate.**
  - (3) **SOLAS Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate.**
  - (4) **High-speed Craft Safety Certificate.**
- (b) A vessel not subject to the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is permitted to comply with the applicable criteria contained in the 2008 IS Code as an alternative to the requirements of §§ [170.170](/cfr/46/170.170.md) and [170.173](/cfr/46/170.173.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2007-0030, 75 FR 78084, Dec. 14, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2007-0030, 75 FR 78084, Dec. 14, 2010]