---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.313"
title: "46"
number: "67.313"
heading: "Requirement to have Certificate of Documentation on board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.313"
---

# §67.313. Requirement to have Certificate of Documentation on board.

- (a) The person in command of a documented vessel must have on board that vessel the original Certificate of Documentation currently in effect for that vessel.
- (b) **The requirement of paragraph (a) of this section does not apply—**
  - (1) To non-self-propelled vessels not engaged in foreign trade;
  - (2) When the Certificate of Documentation has been submitted to the National Vessel Documentation Center for exchange in accordance with § [67.167 (d)](/cfr/46/67.167.md?p=d) or [(e)](/cfr/46/67.167.md?p=e); or
  - (3) **When the vessel is in storage or out of the water.**

## 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]

### 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]