---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.211"
title: "46"
number: "67.211"
heading: "Requirement for citizenship declaration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.211"
---

# §67.211. Requirement for citizenship declaration.

- (a) Instruments in the nature of a bill of sale or deed of gift, mortgages, and assignments of mortgages conveying an interest in a documented vessel are ineligible for filing and recording unless accompanied by a declaration of citizenship, except as provided in paragraph [(c)](#c) and [(d)](#d) of this section.
- (b) Citizenship declarations must be executed on the form prescribed by the Maritime Administration in [46 CFR part 221](/cfr/46/part221.md). These forms are available from the National Vessel Documentation Center and from the Vessel Transfer and Disposal Officer (MAR-745.1), Maritime Administration, United States Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.
- (c) The requirement for presentation of a citizenship declaration does not apply to a transaction conveying an interest in a vessel:
  - (1) Described in [46 CFR 221.11(b)(1)](/cfr/46/221.11.md?p=b-1) (i) through (iv);
  - (2) To a person making application for documentation; or
  - (3) To an entity of the Federal Government of the United States or of a State or political subdivision thereof, or a corporate entity which is an agency of any such government or political subdivision.
- (d) The requirement for presentation of a citizenship declaration is waived when the instrument(s) presented for filing effects a transfer for which:
  - (1) The Maritime Administration has given general approval in [46 CFR part 221](/cfr/46/part221.md); or
  - (2) **Written approval of the Maritime Administrator has been obtained in accordance with 46 CFR part 221.**
- (e) If the transfer of interest is one which requires written approval of the Maritime Administrator in accordance with rules in [46 CFR part 221](/cfr/46/part221.md), evidence of that approval must be presented for filing with the instrument effecting the transfer of interest.

## 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 31605, June 15, 1995; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49230, Sept. 25, 2009]

### 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 31605, June 15, 1995; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49230, Sept. 25, 2009]