---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 67.89"
title: "46"
number: "67.89"
heading: "Waiver of production of a bill of sale eligible for filing and recording."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/67.89"
---

# §67.89. Waiver of production of a bill of sale eligible for filing and recording.

- (a) When the evidence of title passage required by this subpart is a bill of sale which meets the criteria for filing and recording set forth in subpart P of this part, and the applicant is unable to produce a bill of sale meeting those criteria, the applicant may request that the Director, National Vessel Documentation Center waive that requirement.
- (b) No waiver of the requirement to produce a bill of sale eligible for filing and recording may be granted unless the applicant provides:
  - (1) A written statement detailing the reasons why an instrument meeting the filing and recording criteria of this part cannot be obtained; and
  - (2) **Competent and persuasive evidence of the passage of title.**

## 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 31604, June 15, 1995; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52191, Sept. 30, 1998]

### 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 31604, June 15, 1995; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52191, Sept. 30, 1998]