Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 11 - OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS
Part 2 - BOATING
Chapter 241 - NUMBERING AND TITLING OF VESSELS
Section 13-241-18 - Numbering of manufacturer's and dealer's vessels
Current through February, 2024
(a) The numbering requirements of this section shall apply to unnumbered vessels operated by boat manufacturers or boat dealers.
(b) A boat dealer or boat manufacturer, upon application to the department using forms prescribed by it, may obtain a certificate of number as prescribed by the department for use in the testing, demonstration, delivery or transportation of unnumbered vessels that the applicant owns upon payment of a required fee for each certificate. A certificate of number so issued may be used by the applicant in the testing, demonstration, delivery or transportation of unnumbered vessels that the applicant owns by temporary placement of the number assigned by the certificates on the vessel so tested, demonstrated, delivered, or transported. The temporary placement of numbers shall otherwise be as prescribed by these rules.
(c) A boat dealer or boat manufacturer may have a number, issued by the department, printed upon or attached to a movable sign or signs to be temporarily but firmly mounted upon or attached to an unnumbered vessel that the dealer or manufacturer owns being tested, demonstrated, delivered, or transported provided that the number being displayed meets the requirements of section 13-241-4.
(d) No person other than a boat dealer or boat manufacturer or an authorized representative of a boat dealer or boat manufacturer shall display or use a boat dealer's or boat manufacturer's identifying number.
(e) No boat dealer or boat manufacturer or representative of a boat dealer or boat manufacturer shall use a boat dealer's or boat manufacturer's number for any purpose other than the purposes specified in subsection (b).
(f) The boat manufacturer or boat dealer may be issued more than one certificate of number if the boat manufacturer or boat dealer is the owner of more than one vessel required to be numbered; provided that upon the sale of any such vessel by said boat manufacturer or boat dealer the new owner shall submit an application for a number and obtain a new number for the purchased vessel in the manner provided for in these rules.
