---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 68.13"
title: "46"
number: "68.13"
heading: "Privileges conferred—documentation of vessel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/68.13"
---

# §68.13. Privileges conferred—documentation of vessel.


The special citizenship status created by the Act entitles the 883-1 corporation to document certain vessels for certain limited purposes:

- (a) An 883-1 corporation may document under the Act only vessels which are qualified for employment in the coastwise trade and which are either non-self propelled or, if self-propelled, are of less than 500 gross tons.
- (b) A vessel owned by an 883-1 corporation and meeting the criteria in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may be documented only for use in the coastwise trade subject to the restrictions in [§ 68.17](/cfr/46/68.17.md).
- (c) [Section 68.19](/cfr/46/68.19.md) contains details concerning the documentation of vessels by an 883-1 corporation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]

### Source

Source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, 61419, Oct. 18, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]