Haw. Code R. § 13-241-2 - Vessel numbering and titling requirements; operation of certain vessels prohibited
(a) Except as
provided in subsections (b) and (c):
(1)
Every undocumented vessel in or on the waters of the State shall be numbered in
accordance with this chapter;
(2)
No person shall place, operate, or give permission for the placement or
operation of any undocumented vessel, or any vessel whose number has been
cancelled, in or on the waters of the State unless the vessel is properly
numbered in accordance with this chapter; and
(3) No person shall place, operate, or give
permission for the placement or operation of any vessel whose certificate of
number has expired, has become dormant, or has the status of 'stored vessel",
in or on the waters of the State.
(b) A vessel shall not be required to be
numbered under this chapter if it is any of the following:
(1) A vessel which has a valid marine
document issued by the United States Coast Guard or any federal agency
successor thereto.
(2) A vessel
already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been issued to
it pursuant to federal law or a federally approved numbering system of another
jurisdiction; provided that the vessel shall not have remained within this
State for a period in excess of sixty days.
(3) A vessel from a country other than the
United States, provided that the vessel has not been in the waters of the State
for a period in excess of sixty days.
(4) A vessel whose owner is the United
States, used exclusively in the public service and is clearly identifiable as
such a vessel.
(5) A vessel's
lifeboat if the boat is used solely for lifesaving purposes. This exemption
does not include craft carried aboard a vessel and used for other than
lifesaving purposes.
(6) A vessel
belonging to a class of boats which has been exempted from numbering by the
department after it has found that the numbering of vessels of such class will
not materially aid in their identification; and, if any agency of the federal
government has a numbering system applicable to the class of vessels to which
the boat in question belongs, after the department has further found that the
vessel would also be exempt from numbering if it were subject to federal
law.
(7) A vessel manually
propelled.
(8) A vessel eight feet
or less in length propelled solely by sail.
(9) A motorboat used exclusively for
racing.
(10) A vessel operating
under a valid temporary certificate of number.
(11) A motorboat whose propulsion machinery
produces less than five horsepower.
(c) A vessel documented by the U.S. Coast
Guard, or any federal successor agency thereto, shall be prohibited from
obtaining a certificate of title pursuant to chapter 200A, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, and shall be prohibited from being numbered under this chapter. A
vessel documented by the U.S. Coast Guard may only be titled pursuant to
chapter 200A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or numbered under this chapter, or both,
when the department receives satisfactory proof as may be necessary to
determine that the vessel has been deleted from documentation in accordance
with title 46, part 67, code of federal regulations, as amended.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit
the numbering of any undocumented vessel hereunder upon request by the owner
even though such vessel is exempt from the numbering requirements of this
chapter.
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