---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.167"
title: "46"
number: "67.167"
heading: "Requirement for exchange of Certificate of Documentation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.167"
---

# §67.167. Requirement for exchange of Certificate of Documentation.

- (a) When application for exchange of the Certificate of Documentation is required upon the occurrence of one or more of the events described in paragraph [(b)](#b), [(c)](#c), or [(d)](#d) of this section, or the owner of the vessel chooses to apply for exchange of the Certificate pursuant to [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section, the owner must apply for an exchange of the Certificate in accordance with [subpart K](/cfr/46/subpartK.md) of this part.
- (b) A Certificate of Documentation together with any endorsement(s) thereon becomes invalid immediately, except as provided in [§ 67.161](/cfr/46/67.161.md), when:
  - (1) The ownership of the vessel changes in whole or in part;
  - (2) The general partners of a partnership change by addition, deletion, or substitution;
  - (3) The State of incorporation of any corporate owner of the vessel changes;
  - (4) The name of the vessel changes;
  - (5) The hailing port of the vessel changes; or
  - (6) **The vessel is placed under the command of a person who is not a citizen of the United States.**
- (c) A Certificate of Documentation together with any endorsement(s) thereon becomes invalid immediately, except as provided in [§ 67.161](/cfr/46/67.161.md) and in [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section, if the vessel is not at sea, or upon the vessel's next arrival in port anywhere in the world if the vessel is at sea, when:
  - (1) The gross or net tonnages or dimensions of the vessel change;
  - (2) Any beneficiary with an enforceable interest in a trust arrangement owning a vessel changes by addition or substitution;
  - (3) The trustee of a trust arrangement owning a vessel changes by addition, substitution, or deletion;
  - (4) A tenant by the entirety owning any part of the vessel dies;
  - (5) The restrictions imposed on the vessel change by addition or substitution;
  - (6) The legal name of any owner of the vessel changes;
  - (7) A self-propelled vessel becomes non-self-propelled or a non-self-propelled vessel becomes self-propelled;
  - (8) The endorsements for the vessel change by addition, deletion, or substitution;
  - (9) A substantive or clerical error made by the issuing documentation officer is discovered; and
  - (10) For a vessel with a coastwise endorsement under [46 U.S.C. 12119](/usc/46/12119.md), one of the events in [§ 68.80](/cfr/46/68.80.md) or [§ 68.111](/cfr/46/68.111.md) of this chapter occurs.
- (d) Although a Certificate of Documentation and any endorsement(s) thereon remain valid, the owner of a documented vessel must apply for exchange of the Certificate upon an election to designate a new managing owner of the vessel in accordance with [§ 67.113](/cfr/46/67.113.md).
- (e) Although a Certificate of Documentation and any endorsement(s) thereon remain valid, the owner may apply for exchange of the Certificate if:
  - (1) The restrictions imposed on the vessel change by deletion; or
  - (2) **The vessel attains a special entitlement under subpart J of this part.**
- (f) A Certificate of Documentation which becomes invalid pursuant to [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section remains valid for the purposes of filing a new mortgage or amendment, assignment, assumption, or subordination agreement for 30 days after the date it would otherwise have become invalid.

## 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-2001-8825, 69 FR 5401, Feb. 4, 2004; USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006; USCG-2016-0531, 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017; USCG-2023-0584, 89 FR 101499, Dec. 16, 2024]

### 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-2001-8825, 69 FR 5401, Feb. 4, 2004; USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006; USCG-2016-0531, 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017; USCG-2023-0584, 89 FR 101499, Dec. 16, 2024]