---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.47"
title: "46"
number: "67.47"
heading: "Requirement for Maritime Administration approval."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.47"
---

# §67.47. Requirement for Maritime Administration approval.

- (a) The following transactions, among others, require approval of the Maritime Administration in accordance with [46 CFR part 221](/cfr/46/part221.md):
  - (1) Placement of the vessel under foreign registry;
  - (2) Operation of the vessel under the authority of a foreign country; and
  - (3) Sale or transfer of an interest in or control of the vessel from a citizen of the United States to a person not a citizen of the United States, as defined in [46 U.S.C. 50501](/usc/46/50501.md).
- (b) A Certificate of Documentation may not be issued for a vessel which subsequent to the last issuance of a Certificate of Documentation has undergone any transaction listed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, even if the owner meets the citizenship requirements of this subpart, unless evidence is provided that the Maritime Administration approved the transaction.
- (c) The restriction imposed by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section does not apply to a vessel identified in [§ 67.11(b)](/cfr/46/67.11.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 89-007, CGD 89-007A, 58 FR 60266, Nov. 15, 1993, as amended by USCG-2016-0531, 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017]

### 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-2016-0531, 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017]