46 U.S.C. § 12301

Numbering vessels

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(a) An undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind shall have a number issued by the proper issuing authority in the State in which the vessel principally is operated.(b) The Secretary may require an undocumented barge of more than 100 gross tons operating on the navigable waters of the United States to be numbered.(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 590; Pub. L. 102–587, title V, § 5305, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5083; Pub. L. 115–282, title V, § 513, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4276.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source section (U.S. Code)

12301

46:1466

Section 12301 requires that undocumented vessels that are propelled by machinery be issued an identification number by the proper issuing authority in the State in which the vessel is primarily operated.

Editorial NotesAmendments

2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282 substituted “may” for “shall” and inserted “of” after “barge”.

1992—Pub. L. 102–587 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1986–2013 · leading case: United States v. Carmen Rosa Behety, Felino Ramirez-Valdez, 32 F.3d 503 (11th Cir. 1994).
United States v. Carmen Rosa Behety, Felino Ramirez-Valdez, 32 F.3d 503 (11th Cir. 1994). “A (1992). While the court’s instruction was vague and incomplete, there was extensive testimony and evidence concerning registration of the GHOST in Florida and Delaware.”
State v. Big John, 432 N.W.2d 576 (Wis. 1988). “46 U.S.C.A. § 12301 requires that undocumented motorized vessels be issued an identification number by the proper issuing authority in the state in which the boat is primarily operated.”
United States v. Washington, 19 F. Supp. 3d 1126 (W.D. Wash. 1994). “The United States confirms that, whether or not these laws apply to treaty fishing boats, the cooperative, intergovernmental vessel numbering and registration provisions of this settlement are consistent with and satisfy the federal requirements, contained in 46 U.S.C. § 12301…”
State v. Sterkel, 933 P.2d 409 (Utah Ct. App. 1997). “3 Moreover, 46 U.S.C.A. § 12301 (a) (West Supp.1995) provides that “[a]n undocumented 4 vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind shall have a number issued by the proper issuing authority in the State in which the vessel principally is operated.”
United States v. Transocean Deepwater Drilling Inc., 936 F. Supp. 2d 818 (S.D. Tex. 2013). “The requirements of 46 U.S.C. § 12301 (a), which provides that “[a]n undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind shall have a number issued by the proper issuing authority in the State in which the vessel principally is operated,” do not apply to foreign…”
Cronacher v. Florida Dep't of Revenue, 19 Fla. Supp. 2d 146 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1986). “All documented vessels equipped with propulsion machinery are required to be numbered by 46 USC § 12301 and States are permitted to maintain their own numbering system only in compliance with the Federal numbering system.”
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