Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 121 - Boating Safety › Section 15-121-B5a - Marine dealer registration numbers: application and display

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The description of the vessel shall be
			 omitted from a marine dealer identification number application and from the
			 certificate of number since the numbers and certificate of number may be
			 transferred from one vessel to another.
(b) The marine dealer registration number(s)
			 assigned by the Commissioner to a marine dealer, marine engine manufacturer, or
			 marine surveyor shall be painted on or attached to a removable sign. The sign
			 shall be temporarily but firmly mounted upon or attached to the vessel which is
			 used pursuant to subsection (e) of Section
			 15-145
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or which is used by a marine engine
			 manufacturer for the sole purpose of testing marine engines manufactured or
			 repaired by such manufacturer provided the display meets the requirements of
			 Section
			 15-121-B4
			 of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies. If a marine dealer,
			 marine engine manufacturer, or marine surveyor demonstrates to the
			 Commissioner's satisfaction that such display may be unsafe or impracticable,
			 the Commissioner may substitute the display requirements of this subsection
			 with a satisfactory alternative. The Commissioner shall notify the marine
			 dealer, marine engine manufacturer, or marine surveyor in writing of the
			 substitution and such written notice shall be carried on board whenever the
			 vessel is in use. Pursuant to Section
			 15-121-B5(a)(3)
			 of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies, 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.
(c) The number assigned to a
			 marine dealer shall contain the suffix "DL." An example of such number is
			 "CT-1234-DL." The number assigned to a marine engine manufacturer shall contain
			 the suffix "XP". An example of such number is "CT-1234-XP". The number assigned
			 to a yacht broker shall contain the suffix "YB". An example of such number is
			 "CT-1234-YB". The number assigned to a marine surveyor shall contain the suffix
			 "MS". An example of such number is "CT-1234-MS".
(d) All the requirements of law and
			 regulation governing equipment, lights, and operation shall apply to vessels
			 operated by a marine dealer, or a marine engine manufacturer who has obtained
			 an identification number pursuant to Section
			 15-121-B5.
(e) No marine dealer or his or her employee
			 shall display a marine dealer number on any vessel that is not owned by the
			 dealership except as provided in subsection (c) of Section
			 15-145
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. No person, other than the marine dealer to
			 whom the number is issued or his or her employee, shall display such marine
			 dealer number except as provided in subsections
			 15-145(c),
			 (d), and (e) of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes.
(f) No marine engine
			 manufacturer shall display a marine dealer number on any vessel that is not
			 being used pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
			 15-145
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes for the sole purpose of testing or
			 repairing an engine manufactured or repaired by such manufacturer. A marine
			 engine manufacturer may only utilize an engine in a vessel not owned by such
			 manufacturer, if:
(1) The engine is being
			 used for experimental purposes only; and
(2) Such marine engine manufacturer carries
			 on board such vessel a copy of the engine test agreement between the marine
			 engine manufacturer and the manufacturer of the vessel.