---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 46.10-15"
title: "46"
number: "46.10-15"
heading: "Survey for the establishment and renewal of subdivision load line marks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/46.10-15"
---

# §46.10-15. Survey for the establishment and renewal of subdivision load line marks.

- (a) Every passenger vessel to be marked with and certificated for subdivision load lines must comply with the requirements as set forth in subchapter H (Passenger Vessels) of this chapter for ocean, coastwise, and Great Lakes service as applicable to the particular vessel and the service in which she is to be employed.
- (b) Every passenger vessel marked with a subdivision load line shall be subjected to the surveys specified in this paragraph. The details of the surveys or inspections indicated in [paragraphs (b)(1) through (3)](#b-1..b-3) of this section shall be as set forth in the applicable sections of [part 71](/cfr/46/part71.md) of subchapter H (Passenger Vessels) of this chapter.
  - (1) **A survey before the vessel is put in service.**
  - (2) **A periodical survey once every 12 months.**
  - (3) **Additional surveys as occasion arises.**
  - (4) **Surveys required by part 42, part 44, or part 45 of this subchapter.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16769, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10077, July 12, 1968]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; E.O. 12234, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16769, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16769, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10077, July 12, 1968]