(a) The Certificate of Number shall become invalid after the date:
(1) The vessel is documented or required to be documented under Part 67 of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) The owner of the vessel transfers all of his ownership in the vessel.
(3) The vessel is destroyed or abandoned.
(b) A Certificate of Number shall be invalid if the application contains a false or fraudulent statement.
(c) A Certificate of Number shall become invalid 60 days after the day on which the vessel is no longer principally used within the State of California.
(d) The Certificate of Number shall become invalid when the person whose name appears on the certificate involuntarily loses his interest in the numbered vessel by legal process.
(e) The Certificate of Number shall become invalid when the primary use of the vessel changes from the use indicated on the Certificate of Number pursuant to Section 190.11(a)(7).
(1) The owner of a vessel shall apply to the department for a new Certificate of Number when the primary use of the vessel changes from that indicated on the Certificate of Number.
(2) “Primary use of the vessel” means use that accounts for more than fifty percent of the operation of the vessel during a calendar year.
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Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 9853.1, 9855, 9858, 9864, 9874 and 9915, Vehicle Code; and CFR, Title 33, Section 173.77.
1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 300.12 to section 190.12 filed 7-19-93 pursuant to title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).
2. New subsections (e)-(e)(2) filed 8-21-95; operative 9-20-95 (Register 95, No. 34).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 13, § 190.12, 13 CA ADC § 190.12
