---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 176.502"
title: "46"
number: "176.502"
heading: "Certificate of Inspection: Conditions of validity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/176.502"
---

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


To maintain a valid Certificate of Inspection, you must complete your annual inspection within the periods specified in [§ 176.500(b)(1)](/cfr/46/176.500.md?p=b-1) and your Certificate of Inspection must be endorsed.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6508, Feb. 9, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 743; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6508, Feb. 9, 2000]