---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.1"
title: "46"
number: "67.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.1"
---

# §67.1. Purpose.


A Certificate of Documentation is required for the operation of a vessel in certain trades, serves as evidence of vessel nationality, and permits a vessel to be subject to preferred mortgages.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 664; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 9118; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104, 2107, 12102, 12103, 12104, 12105, 12106, 12113, 12133, 12139; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 89-007, CGD 89-007a, 58 FR 60266, Nov. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted.