---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.135"
title: "46"
number: "28.135"
heading: "Lifesaving equipment markings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.135"
---

# §28.135. Lifesaving equipment markings.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, lifesaving equipment carried aboard a vessel pursuant to the requirements of this subpart or [part 25](/cfr/46/part25.md), [subpart 25.25](/cfr/46/subpart25.25.md) of this chapter must be marked as specified in table 28.135.
- (b) Lettering used in lifesaving equipment markings must be in block capital letters.
- (c) Retroreflective markings required by this section must be with material approved under [part 164](/cfr/46/part164.md), [subpart 164.018](/cfr/46/subpart164.018.md) of this chapter. The arrangement of the retroreflective material must meet IMO Resolution A.658(16).
- (d) A wearable personal flotation device must be marked with the name of either the vessel, the owner of the device, or the individual to whom it is assigned.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991; 56 FR 49822, Oct. 1, 1991, as amended by CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48048, Sept. 18, 1995; USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58279, Sept. 29, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991; 56 FR 49822, Oct. 1, 1991, as amended by CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48048, Sept. 18, 1995; USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58279, Sept. 29, 2014]