Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-93 - Vessel registration and certificates of title › Section 308-93-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to the rules in this
				chapter:
(1) "Bare boat" means a
			 vessel rented without a captain or crew.
(2) "Carpenter certificate" means a
			 certificate issued by a manufacturer describing the vessel and certifying the
			 first conveyance of the vessel after its manufacture.
(3) "Certificate of ownership" means the
			 ownership document issued by the department or other jurisdiction, sometimes
			 referred to as a title.
(4)
			 "Charter vessel" means a vessel rented with a crew.
(5) "Commercial fishing vessel" means a
			 vessel primarily used for commercial or charter fishing.
(6) "Conveyance" means transfer of title of a
			 vessel from one person to another.
(7) "Declaration of value form" means the
			 department of licensing form used to declare the value for purposes of
			 assessing excise tax when a vessel is acquired by lease, trade, gift, is
			 homemade, or the most recent purchase price is not known.
(8) "Director" means the director of the
			 department of licensing.
(9)
			 "Display permit" means the document issued by the department, its agents or
			 subagents, for display on the vessel for which it was issued under the
			 authority of WAC
			 308-93-055 or
			 308-93-056.
(10) "Docking hull" means vessels that are
			 powered by one or more personal watercrafts and are designed for use with
			 personal watercraft.
(11)
			 "Documented vessel" means a vessel that is documented by the United States
			 Coast Guard and is issued a valid marine certificate.
(12) "Exclusively" means solely and without
			 exception.
(13) "Foreign vessel"
			 means a vessel registered in accordance with the laws of another state or
			 jurisdiction. Also referred to as "out-of-country."
(14) "Houseboat" means any vessel as defined
			 in RCW 88.02.010(1). For registration and certificate of ownership purposes, a
			 houseboat does not include any building on a float used in whole or in part for
			 human habitation as a single-family dwelling which is not powered by
			 self-propulsion by mechanical means or wind.
(15) "Identification documents" means the
			 vessel registration receipt and display permit issued under the authority of
			 WAC 308-93-055 or
			 308-93-056.
(16) "Issuing authority" means the number
			 system has not been approved by the Coast Guard or it is a state or other
			 jurisdiction that has a vessel identification numbering system approved by the
			 Coast Guard. (Also see definition for out of country vessel.)
(17) "Legal owner/secured party" means a
			 person, business, or institution having a security interest in a vessel
			 perfected in accordance with RCW 88.02.070.
(18) "Lifeboat" means watercraft used
			 exclusively for lifesaving purposes.
(19) "Manufacturer's certificate of origin"
			 (MCO) or "Manufacturer's statement of origin" (MSO) means a certificate issued
			 by a manufacturer describing the vessel and certifying the first conveyance of
			 the vessel after manufacture.
(20)
			 "Out-of-country vessel" means a vessel registered or numbered by the laws of
			 another country or has a valid United States Customs Service Cruising
			 License.
(21) "Overall length"
			 means a straight-line measurement of the overall distance from the foremost
			 point of the vessel to the aftermost part of the vessel, measured parallel to
			 the centerline. Bowsprits, bumpkins or boomkins, rudders, outboard motor
			 brackets, outdrive units, propellers, and similar fittings or attachments are
			 not included in the measurement.
(22) "Paperless title" means electronic
			 ownership record.
(23) "Person"
			 includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or
			 organization.
(24) "Personal
			 watercraft" for the purpose of this rule has the same meaning as in
			 RCW
			 79A.60.010, such as Jet Ski or Wet
			 Bike.
(25) "Primarily" means the
			 principal purpose for which a vessel is used when considered in conjunction
			 with all of its uses.
(26)
			 "Principal use" means when a vessel is used on waters of this state for one
			 hundred eighty-three days or more.
(27) "Propulsion machinery/mechanical power"
			 means any device providing motion to a vessel through such means as combustion,
			 steam, or electric machinery.
(28)
			 "Racing vessel" is a vessel used exclusively in racing events.
(29) "Release of interest" means the act of
			 signing over any ownership in a vessel. A notarized or certified release of
			 interest is also a document relinquishing interest in a vessel.
(30) "Renewal notice" and "special mailer"
			 means the notice to renew a vessel registration mailed by the department to the
			 owner.
(31) "Tender" means
			 watercraft used exclusively to furnish transportation from a larger vessel to
			 shore and return.
(32) "Time share
			 charters" means leased vessels where none of the parties leasing the vessel
			 under a "time share" option agreement is acquiring an equity in the vessel and
			 there is no option to buy.
(33)
			 "United States Customs Service Cruising License" means an annual certificate
			 issued by U.S. Customs Service under 19 C.F.R. Sec. 4.94, which exempts
			 pleasure boats from certain countries from formal entry and clearance
			 procedures, from payment of tonnage tax and clearance fees at all but the first
			 port of entry.
(34) "Use of waters"
			 means to navigate, operate, employ, or moor any vessel upon the
			 waters.
(35) "Valid marine
			 document" means a document issued by the Coast Guard which declares it to be a
			 United States documented vessel.
(36) "Vessel data form" means the form,
			 approved by the department, completed by the applicant describing the
			 vessel.
(37) "Vessel seller's
			 report of sale." A vessel seller's report of sale is a document that protects
			 the seller from certain criminal and civil liabilities arising from use of the
			 vessel by another person after the vessel has been sold or a change in
			 ownership has occurred.
(38)
			 "Waters of this state" means any waters within the territorial limits of this
			 state as defined in U.S. Code:
			 Title
			 43, Section 1312.
Statutory Authority: RCW 88.02.070 and 88.02.100. 06-21-025,
				  § 308-93-010, filed 10/9/06, effective 11/9/06; 01-21-072, §
				  308-93-010, filed 10/18/01, effective 11/18/01; 01-03-128, § 308-93-010,
				  filed 1/23/01, effective 2/23/01; 00-11-131, § 308-93-010, filed 5/23/00,
				  effective 6/23/00; 98-16-029, § 308-93-010, filed 7/29/98, effective
				  7/30/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.02.100 and United States v Washington,
				  Subproceeding No. 88-1. 96-16-038, § 308-93-010, filed 8/1/96, effective
				  9/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.02.070 and 88.02.100. 92-24-035, §
				  308-93-010, filed 11/25/92, effective 12/26/92. Statutory Authority: RCW
				  88.02.120 and 88.02.100. 90-08-018, § 308-93-010, filed 3/28/90, effective
				  4/28/90; 87-09-073 (Order TL/RG-32), § 308-93-010, filed 4/22/87.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW 88.02.030, 88.02.070, 88.02.120, 88.02.130, 88.02.140,
				  88.02.150 and 88.02.100. 86-10-068 (Order TL/RG 25), § 308-93-010, filed
				  5/7/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.02.070 and 88.02.100. 84-19-026 (Order
				  TL-RG 8), § 308-93-010, filed 9/13/84. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 7
				  § 20 and 1983 2nd ex.s. c 3 § 46. 83-23-076 (Order 736-DOL), §
				  308-93-010, filed 11/18/83.