Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B5 - Criteria for the issuance of marine dealer registration numbers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commissioner may issue a marine
			 dealer registration number to a marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer or
			 marine surveyor who satisfies the following criteria, except a person who sells
			 or manufacturers vessels not required to be numbered pursuant to Sections
			 15-142
			 and
			 15-143
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes such as non-motorized vessels including
			 canoes, kayaks, sailboards and sailboats under 19 1/2 feet in length, shall not
			 apply for or receive a marine dealer registration number:
(1) Each marine dealer who applies for a
			 marine dealer registration number shall keep written records of sales of
			 vessels required to be numbered pursuant to Sections
			 15-142
			 and
			 15-143
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Each marine engine manufacturer, who
			 applies for a marine dealer registration number, shall keep a written record of
			 each marine engine manufactured, sold or repaired by such manufacturer. Each
			 marine surveyor shall keep a written record of each vessel surveyed by such
			 marine surveyor. The aforementioned records shall be kept for a minimum of four
			 years from the date of any such manufacture, sale, survey, or repair and made
			 available to agency representatives for inspection upon request. Such records
			 may consist of: listings, deposit receipts, canceled checks, trust records, or
			 other documents showing manufacture, sales, survey, or repair transactions.
			 Records of sales shall include: the name and address of the purchaser, the
			 selling price, the date of sale and a description of the vessel or engine sold
			 including but not limited to any previous registration number or documentation
			 number and the hull identification number of all recreational vessels
			 manufactured after November 1, 1973. Records of marine surveys shall include:
			 the name and address of the owner and the person purchasing the survey, the
			 purpose of the survey, the date of the survey, and a detailed description of
			 the vessel surveyed including, but not limited to, the hull identification
			 number.
(2) A marine dealer shall
			 have an established place of business with office space and vessel display area
			 which is used for the sale or manufacture or both of vessels, unless
			 specifically exempted from the requirement to have an established place of
			 business pursuant to Section
			 15-145
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. A marine engine manufacturer shall have an
			 established place of business for the manufacture, sale, trade, display or
			 repair of marine engines. The minimum size of the office and display area shall
			 be 144 square feet. Such office and display area shall be accessible and open
			 to the public. A vessel display area separate from the marine dealer's or
			 marine engine manufacturer's office, such as a slip or mooring at a marina,
			 which is rented, leased or owned in the business name of the marine dealer or
			 marine engine manufacturer and used to facilitate the demonstration of vessels
			 for sale or the testing or repair of marine engines, may be substituted for the
			 required vessel display area at the established place of business.
(3) A marine dealer or marine engine
			 manufacturer shall erect a sign at his or her place of business, unless a
			 marine dealer is specifically exempted from the requirement to have an
			 established place of business pursuant to Section
			 15-145
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The sign shall be a minimum of 250 square
			 inches in size and legibly display the business name of the marine dealer or
			 marine engine manufacturer, as applicable. The sign shall be erected in a
			 conspicuous place so that it comes to the attention of the general public. A
			 marine dealer or marine engine manufacturer substituting a separate display
			 area as described in subdivision
			 15-121-B5(a)(2),
			 shall also display, in a conspicuous location, on the vessel for sale or on a
			 vessel used to test or repair marine engines, or at its slip or mooring, a sign
			 not less than 144 square inches in size, bearing the marine dealer's or marine
			 engine manufacturer's business name and business telephone number. Such name
			 and telephone number shall be legible and discernible from a distance of not
			 less than fifty feet. Yacht brokers shall display, in a conspicuous location,
			 on the vessel for sale, and while bearing the marine dealer registration number
			 of the yacht broker, a sign not less than 144 square inches in size, bearing
			 the yacht broker's business name and business telephone number and the words
			 "For Sale By Broker". Such information shall be legible and discernible from a
			 distance of not less than fifty feet.
(4) A marine dealer, marine engine
			 manufacturer or marine surveyor shall have a telephone number listed with the
			 telephone company in its business name and published in the telephone company
			 directory for public information.
(5) Each marine dealer, marine engine
			 manufacturer or marine surveyor who applies for marine dealer registration
			 numbers and who has not previously been issued such numbers or who is
			 reapplying after failing to meet the renewal criteria set forth in this section
			 shall do so on a form specified by the Commissioner. Such marine dealer or
			 marine engine manufacturer shall pay an examination fee of one hundred and
			 forty dollars. A marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer or marine surveyor
			 shall sign a statement under oath indicating that he or she has complied with
			 the requirements and criteria for the issuance of marine dealer registration
			 numbers and that he or she agrees to display the marine dealer registration
			 number in the case of a marine dealer, on vessels used solely pursuant to
			 Section
			 15-145(e)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or in the case of a marine engine
			 manufacturer, on vessels used solely for the purpose of testing or
			 demonstrating a marine engine manufactured or repaired by such manufacturer, or
			 in the case of a marine surveyor, on vessels used solely for the purpose of
			 performing a marine survey, and agrees not to display the marine dealer
			 registration number on vessels operated for any other reason.