---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.720"
title: "46"
number: "28.720"
heading: "Survey and classification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.720"
---

# §28.720. Survey and classification.

- (a) Each vessel which is built after or which undergoes a major conversion completed after July 27, 1990, must be classed by the ABS, or a similarly qualified organization.
- (b) **Each vessel which is classed under paragraph (a) of this section must—**
  - (1) **Have on board a certificate of class issued by the organization that classed the vessel.**
  - (2) Meet all survey and classification requirements prescribed by the organization that classed the vessel.

## Notes

### 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.