---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.317"
title: "46"
number: "67.317"
heading: "Requirement to renew endorsements on the Certificate of Documentation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.317"
---

# §67.317. Requirement to renew endorsements on the Certificate of Documentation.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section and except for recreational endorsements, which can be renewed for a period of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years, the owner of a documented vessel must annually renew each endorsement upon the current Certificate of Documentation for that vessel in accordance with [§ 67.163](/cfr/46/67.163.md).
- (b) The requirement of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section does not apply to Certificates of Documentation placed on deposit in accordance with [§ 67.165](/cfr/46/67.165.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 89-007, CGD 89-007a, 58 FR 60266, Nov. 15, 1993, as amended by USCG-2020-0215, 86 FR 5031, Jan. 19, 2021; USCG-2023-0305, 88 FR 77902, Nov. 14, 2023]

### 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, as amended by USCG-2020-0215, 86 FR 5031, Jan. 19, 2021; USCG-2023-0305, 88 FR 77902, Nov. 14, 2023]