12:7-34.44 - Misstatements in application for numbering
12:7-34.44. Misstatements in application for numbering
No person shall make any misstatement of fact in an application for the numbering of a vessel or give a fictitious name or address.
L.1962, c. 73, s. 9, eff. June 11, 1962. Amended by L.1980, c. 97, s. 6, eff. July 1, 1981.
12:7-34.44a.Documented vessel; certificate of registration
10. (a) For the purposes of P.L.1962, c.73 (C.12:7-34.36 et seq.), a documented vessel is based within this State if its owner owns, maintains, leases or rents space in this State for its storage, mooring or servicing on other than a transient basis.
(b)The owner of a documented vessel of 500 gross tons or less based in this State shall file an application for the registration of such vessel with the division on forms approved by it. The application shall be signed by the owner and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed herein for the vessel. Upon receipt of the application in the approved form and the prescribed fee, the division shall enter the same upon the records of its office and issue to the applicant a pocket-size, laminated or otherwise water resistant certificate of registration which shall state the name and address of the owner, a description of the vessel, and its use.
(c)The certificate of registration shall be available at all times for inspection on the vessel for which issued whenever the vessel is in operation.
(d)The fees for the initial registration of a documented vessel and for each renewal thereof, shall be based on the length of the vessel and shall be the same as provided for in section 12 of P.L.1962, c.73 (C.12:7-34.47) for other vessels of the same length.
L.1980,c.97,s.10; amended 1995,c.401, s.24.
12:7-34.45.Change of address of owner; status of vessel 10. (a) Whenever the owner of a vessel numbered pursuant to P.L.1962, c.73 (C.12:7-34.36 et seq.) changes his address from that shown on his certificate of number, he shall, within one week thereof, notify the division, in writing, of his new address. The division may provide, by regulation, for showing the new address by the alteration of the certificate or for its surrender and replacement by a corrected certificate.
(b)Whenever a vessel numbered under this act is sold, transferred, lost, destroyed or abandoned, the owner of record shall, within one week thereof, notify the division in writing of the change in the status of the vessel. The division may, by regulation, also require the surrender of the certificate of number, if it was not destroyed by the occurrence.
L.1962,c.73,s.10; amended 1995,c.401,s.25.