---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.165"
title: "46"
number: "67.165"
heading: "Deposit of Certificate of Documentation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.165"
---

# §67.165. Deposit of Certificate of Documentation.

- (a) **Option for deposit in lieu of renewal of endorsement.** In lieu of renewing the endorsement(s) in accordance with [§ 67.163](/cfr/46/67.163.md), the owner of a vessel which is exempt from the requirement for documentation under [paragraph (c)](/cfr/46/67.9.md?p=c) of § 67.9 may deposit the vessel's outstanding Certificate of Documentation with the National Vessel Documentation Center.
- (b) **Reporting requirement.** The owner of a vessel whose Certificate is on deposit in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must make a written report to the National Vessel Documentation Center when:
  - (1) Exchange of the Certificate is required upon the occurrence of one or more of the events described in § [67.167 (b)](/cfr/46/67.167.md?p=b), [(c)](/cfr/46/67.167.md?p=c), or [(d)](/cfr/46/67.167.md?p=d); or
  - (2) The vessel is subject to deletion from the roll of actively documented vessels upon the occurrence of one or more of the events described in [§ 67.171(a)(1) through (8)](/cfr/46/67.171.md?p=a-1..a-8).
- (c) **Validity of document on deposit.** A Certificate of Documentation placed on deposit in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is valid for the purposes of:
  - (1) 46 U.S.C. chapter 125;
  - (2) 46 U.S.C. chapter 313;
  - (3) 46 U.S.C. [56101](/usc/46/56101.md), [56102](/usc/46/56102.md) and [57109](/usc/46/57109.md); and
  - (4) [46 U.S.C. 56301](/usc/46/56301.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 89-007, CGD 89-007a, 58 FR 60266, Nov. 15, 1993; 58 FR 65131, Dec. 13, 1993, as amended by CGD 95-014, 60 FR 31604, June 15, 1995; USCG-2016-0531, 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017]

### 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.

### Amendments

[CGD 89-007, CGD 89-007a, 58 FR 60266, Nov. 15, 1993; 58 FR 65131, Dec. 13, 1993, as amended by CGD 95-014, 60 FR 31604, June 15, 1995; USCG-2016-0531, 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017]