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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 08.04.03.08" title_num="08" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="03" heading="Validity of Certificate of Number.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A certificate of number issued by the Department is invalid after the date when the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Vessel is documented or required to be documented under 46 CFR §67 as amended;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Person whose name appears on the certificate of number as owner of the vessel, transfers all of his ownership of the vessel; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Vessel is destroyed or abandoned.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A certificate of number issued by the Department is invalid if the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Application for the certificate of number contains a false or fraudulent statement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Fees for the issuance of the certificate of number are not paid; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Certificate of number has been revoked.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A certificate of number is invalid 60 days after the day on which the vessel is no longer principally used in the state where the certificate was issued.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The certificate of number is invalid when the person whose name appears on the certificate involuntarily loses ownership interest in the numbered vessel by legal process.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>