---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.11"
title: "46"
number: "45.11"
heading: "Issue of load line certificate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.11"
---

# §45.11. Issue of load line certificate.

- (a) A vessel 79 feet in length and more, and 150 gross tons or over, the keel of which is laid or which has reached a similar stage of construction after April 14, 1973, must meet the requirements of this part.
- (b) Except as prescribed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, any vessel that meets the requirements in subparts [C](/cfr/46/subpartC.md) and [D](/cfr/46/subpartD.md) of this part and the survey requirements in [§§ 42.09-15 through 42.09-50](/cfr/46/42.09-15..42.09-50.md) of this subchapter is entitled to assignment of freeboards and issue of a load line certificate under this part by the Commandant or his authorized representative.
- (c) A vessel, the keel of which was laid or was at a similar stage of construction before April 14, 1973, that meets the requirements of this part that were in effect before April 14, 1973, and the survey requirements in [§§ 42.09-15 through 42.09-50](/cfr/46/42.09-15..42.09-50.md) of this subchapter is entitled to the assignment of freeboards calculated under the provisions of this part in effect before April 14, 1973, and to a load line certificate issued under this part by the Commandant or his authorized representative.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.