CHAPTER 2. Registration

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1428.

§§ 9850–9880 · 44 sections

§ 9850 Every undocumented vessel using the waters or on the waters of this state shall be currently numbered. No person shall operate nor shall any county, city, or…
§ 9851 The department may adopt rules and regulations for the registration of undocumented vessels belonging to the state, local public agencies, or to the United…
§ 9852 The department shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth requirements relative to establishing proof of ownership to be submitted by the owner at…
§ 9852.5 Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may be held by two or more coowners as follows: (a) A vessel may be registered in the names of two…
§ 9852.7 (a) Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the vessel…
§ 9852.9 (a) On and after July 1, 2008, the form for an initial application for a number prepared by the department pursuant to Section 9853 shall include both of the…
§ 9853 (a) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by this state shall file an initial application for a number with the department or with an agent authorized…
§ 9853.1 Upon receipt of the application in approved form, the department shall issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a certificate of number to the…
§ 9853.2 The owner shall paint on or attach to each side of the forward half of the vessel the identification number in such manner as may be prescribed by rules and…
§ 9853.3 The certificate of number for vessels less than 26 feet in length and leased or rented to another for the latter’s noncommercial use of less than 24 hours may…
§ 9853.4 (a) The department may issue one or more stickers, tabs, or other suitable devices to identify vessels as being currently registered. The size, shape, and…
§ 9853.5 Upon request, the department shall issue for any power-driven pleasure craft which is constructed of wood and which was constructed prior to December 31, 1942,…
§ 9853.7 (a) (1) When the retail seller of an undocumented sterndrive or inboard vessel, that contains a spark-ignition marine engine below 373 kW (500 hp) rated power…
§ 9853.8 (a) This section applies only to a sterndrive or inboard vessel that contains a spark-ignition marine engine below 373 kW (500 hp) rated power output that was…
§ 9854 The owner of any vessel already covered by a number in full force and effect that has been issued to it pursuant to then operative federal law or a federally…
§ 9855 If the ownership of an undocumented vessel changes, the existing certificate of ownership and a new application form accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars…
§ 9856 (a) It is not required that the department issue, or that an application be made for a new certificate of ownership or a new certificate of number, or that the…
§ 9857 If an agency of the United States government shall have in force an overall system of identification numbering for undocumented vessels within the United…
§ 9858 The department may issue any certificate of ownership and certificate of number or temporary certificate of number directly or the department may authorize any…
§ 9858.1 Any documentary preparation charge by an authorized agent of the department shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20).
§ 9858.5 Any licensed yacht and ship broker acting as an authorized agent of the department may collect use tax on a vessel transfer when applicable, and transmit the…
§ 9859 All money received by an agent from the sale of certificates of number or temporary certificates of number and use tax shall be kept separate and apart from…
§ 9860 (a) Certificates of number shall be renewed before midnight of the expiration date by presentation of the certificate of number last issued for the vessel or…
§ 9861 All certificates of number expire on December 31 of every odd-numbered year.
§ 9862 (a) If the initial application for a number is not received by the department on or before the date set by the department, a penalty of one-half of the fee…
§ 9862.5 In computing any penalty imposed under this chapter, a fraction of a dollar shall be disregarded unless it equals or exceeds fifty cents ($0.50), in which case…
§ 9863 (a) Except as required under subdivisions (b) and (c), and except moneys collected under Section 9875, fees received pursuant to this chapter shall be…
§ 9864 The owner shall furnish the department notice of the wrecking or dismantling, or the destruction or abandonment of an undocumented vessel within 15 days…
§ 9865 Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the department within 15 days, if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate…
§ 9866 No number other than the number issued to an undocumented vessel or granted reciprocity pursuant to this chapter shall be painted, attached, or otherwise…
§ 9867 A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged for a duplicate of certificate of number, certificate of ownership, or current year registration stickers.
§ 9867.5 Upon application for transfer of registration pursuant to Section 9917, a fee as specified in Section 9867 shall be paid to the department in addition to the…
§ 9868 Fees received pursuant to this chapter are appropriated for payment of refunds of money received or collected in the payment of fees, permits, or services…
§ 9869 The department shall transmit information from each initial application and each transfer application or renewal application to the county assessor in the…
§ 9870 A nonprofit public benefit corporation governed by the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1…
§ 9871 Upon application for original registration or transfer of registration of an undocumented vessel, the department may assign an appropriate hull identification…
§ 9871.5 Upon application for renewal of registration of an undocumented vessel, the applicant is required to furnish the hull identification number if the records of…
§ 9872 No person shall intentionally deface, destroy, or alter the hull identification number of a vessel required to be numbered under this chapter without written…
§ 9872.1 (a) No person shall knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, or have in his or her possession any vessel, or component part thereof, from which the hull…
§ 9872.5 No certificate of ownership shall be issued under this chapter for any “amphibious vehicle” for which a certificate of ownership may be issued by the…
§ 9873 An undocumented vessel shall not be required to be numbered under this chapter if it is: (a) Already covered by a number in full force and effect that has been…
§ 9874 The department may suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vessel, a certificate of number, sticker, certificate of ownership, or temporary…
§ 9875 Except as provided in Section 40000.8, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to…
§ 9880 (a) The department shall not renew the certificate of number of, or allow a transfer of any title to or interest in, a vessel if the county tax collector has…