---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.205"
title: "46"
number: "67.205"
heading: "Requirement for vessel identification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.205"
---

# §67.205. Requirement for vessel identification.

- (a) Every instrument presented for filing and recording must contain sufficient information to clearly identify the vessel(s) to which the instrument relates.
- (b) Instruments pertaining to vessels which have been documented must contain the vessel's name and official number, or other unique identifier.
- (c) Vessels which have never been documented must be identified by one of the following:
  - (1) The vessel's Hull Identification Number assigned in accordance with [33 CFR 181.25](/cfr/33/181.25.md); or
  - (2) **Other descriptive information, which clearly describes the vessel.** Such information may include length, breadth, depth, year of build, name of manufacturer, and any numbers which may have been assigned in accordance with [33 CFR part 173](/cfr/33/part173.md).

## 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.