---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.55"
title: "46"
number: "67.55"
heading: "Requirement for removal from foreign registry."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.55"
---

# §67.55. Requirement for removal from foreign registry.


The owner of a vessel must present evidence of removal of the vessel from foreign registry whenever:

- (a) The owner applies for initial documentation of a vessel that has at any time been registered under the laws of a foreign country; or
- (b) The owner applies for reentry into documentation of a vessel that had been registered under the laws of a foreign country since it was last documented under the laws of the United States.

## 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.