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 13-241-9 - Cancellation of certificate of number; withdrawal of number

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 13-241-9

Current through February, 2024

(a) Except as provided in this section or as otherwise required by law, a number issued to a vessel pursuant to this chapter shall be permanent.

(b) The chairperson may cancel a certificate of number issued to a vessel under this chapter even though the action occurs before the expiration date of the certificate of number and regardless of whether or not the certificate of number is surrendered to the department. Causes for cancellation of certificates of number include, but are not limited to:

(1) Issuance of a marine document by the U.S. Coast Guard for the same vessel.

(2) False or fraudulent certification in an application for number.

(3) The vessel to which the number is assigned is lost, destroyed, abandoned, sunk, or permanently removed from the State.

(4) Other reasons when necessary and proper to carry out this chapter.

(c) A vessel permanently removed from the State shall not have its certificate of number automatically cancelled, and the owner shall be responsible for any and all fees incurred and owed to the department.

(d) A certificate of number shall be automatically cancelled if the corresponding certificate of title is cancelled.

(e) Any vessel whose certificate of number has been cancelled shall also have its number automatically withdrawn. Any number that has been withdrawn shall be removed from further use, except that the board may reinstate a number that has been withdrawn.

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