---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 2.10-20"
title: "46"
number: "2.10-20"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/2.10-20"
---

# §2.10-20. General requirements.

- (a) Unless otherwise specified, vessel owners must pay the fees required by this subpart before inspection or examination services are provided.
- (b) Fees required by this subpart must be paid in U.S. currency by check or money order, drawn on a U.S. bank, and made payable to the U.S. Treasury. Payment may also be made by credit card or wire transfer.
- (c) All payments must be accompanied by the vessel name and its vessel identification number.
- (d) Unless otherwise specified or if payment is made through www.pay.gov, fees required by this subpart must be submitted using one of the following methods:
  - (1) **For COI and COC Inspections—**
    - (i) For payment by credit card, online through www.pay.gov, or U.S. Coast Guard Finance Center (OGR), 1430A Kristina Way, Chesapeake, VA 23326.
    - (ii) For payment by check, made payable to U.S. Treasury, with delivery by postal service, USCG Vessel Inspections Fees, P.O. Box 979118, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000.
    - (iii) For payment by check, made payable to U.S. Treasury, with delivery by overnight courier, USCG Vessel Inspection Fees, Lockbox No. 979118, U.S. Bank Government Lockbox, 1005 Convention Plaza, ATTN: GOVERNMENT LOCKBOX, SL-MOC1 GL, St. Louis, MO 63101.
  - (2) **For Overseas Inspection Fees—**
    - (i) For payment by credit card, U.S. Coast Guard Finance Center (OGR), 1430A Kristina Way, Chesapeake, VA 23326.
    - (ii) For payment by check, made payable to U.S. Treasury, with delivery by postal service, USCG User Fees, P.O. Box 979125, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000.
    - (iii) For payment by check, made payable to U.S. Treasury, with delivery by overnight courier, USCG User Fees, Lockbox No. 979125, U.S. Bank Government Lockbox, 1005 Convention Plaza, ATTN: GOVERNMENT LOCKBOX, SL-MOC1 GL, St. Louis, MO 63101.
- (e) **For purposes of this subpart, the address for Commandant (CG-DCO-83), Attn—** Office of Budget Execution, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7318, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7318.
- (f) Information concerning a vessel's user fee anniversary date may be obtained from any Coast Guard Coast Guard Sector, Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, or Marine Safety Detachment.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 91-030, 60 FR 13563, Mar. 13, 1995, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50459, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50725, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2010-0759, 75 FR 60001, Sept. 29, 2010; USCG-2011-0618, 76 FR 60753, Sept. 30, 2011; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59773, Oct. 1, 2012; USCG-2018-0874, 84 FR 30881, June 28, 2019]

### Source

Source: CGD 91-030, 60 FR 13563, Mar. 13, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2110, 3306, 3316, 3703, 70034; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277, sec. 1-105.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16604, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 91-030, 60 FR 13563, Mar. 13, 1995, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50459, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50725, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2010-0759, 75 FR 60001, Sept. 29, 2010; USCG-2011-0618, 76 FR 60753, Sept. 30, 2011; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59773, Oct. 1, 2012; USCG-2018-0874, 84 FR 30881, June 28, 2019]