58 Pa. Code § 93.9 - Surrender of certificate of registration

(a) The person whose name appears on the certificate of registration as owner of a boat shall surrender the certificate and the validation decals to the Commission, within 15 days after it becomes invalid, for one or more of the following reasons:

(1) The owner transfers ownership of the boat.

(2) The boat is destroyed or abandoned.

(3) Sixty days has expired after the date on which the boat is no longer principally used in this Commonwealth.

(4) The owner involuntarily loses his interest in the boat by legal process.

(5) A false or fraudulent statement is contained in the application or the fees for the issuance of the certificate are not paid.

(6) The registration is revoked or suspended.

(b) If the certificate of registration becomes invalid for the reasons in subsection (a)(3) or (5), the person whose name appears on the certificate as the owner shall remove the number and validation decal from the boat. If the registration becomes invalid for the reasons in subsection (a)(6), the owner shall remove the validation decal but shall leave the registration number fixed to the boat.

(c) A waterways conservation officer, deputy waterways conservation officer or authorized Commission employe or other law enforcement officer may seize the certificate of registration and validation decal for a boat for which the registration has been revoked or suspended.

Notes

58 Pa. Code § 93.9

The provisions of this § 93.9 amended February 26, 1993, effective 2/27/1993, 23 Pa.B. 942; amended June 3, 1994, effective 6/4/1994, 24 Pa.B. 2795; amended February 27, 2004, effective 2/28/2004, 34 Pa.B. 1232.