---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 97.53-1"
title: "46"
number: "97.53-1"
heading: "Officers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/97.53-1"
---

# §97.53-1. Officers.


All officers on a vessel must have their licenses or officer endorsements conspicuously displayed.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11265, Mar. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11265, Mar. 16, 2009]