---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 5.203"
title: "46"
number: "5.203"
heading: "Voluntary surrender to avoid hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/5.203"
---

# §5.203. Voluntary surrender to avoid hearing.

- (a) Any holder may surrender a credential or endorsement to the Coast Guard in preference to appearing at a hearing.
- (b) A holder voluntarily surrendering a credential or endorsement shall sign a written statement containing the stipulations that:
  - (1) The surrender is made voluntarily in preference to appearing at a hearing;
  - (2) All rights to the credential or endorsement surrendered are permanently relinquished; and,
  - (3) **Any rights with respect to a hearing are waived.**
- (c) A voluntary surrender of a credential or endorsement to an investigating officer in preference to appearing at a hearing is not to be accepted by an investigating officer unless the investigating officer is convinced that the holder fully realizes the effect of such surrender.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11215, Mar. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 7101, 7301, 7701; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 82-002, 50 FR 32184, Aug. 9, 1985, as amended by USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11215, Mar. 16, 2009]