With the exception of the characters “US-”, which constitute the country of origin code for the United States, if information is displayed on the boat within 2 inches of the 12-character hull identification number (HIN), that information must be separated from the HIN by means of borders or must be on a separate label, so that it will not be interpreted as part of the hull identification number.
[USCG-2003-14272, 69 FR 33860, June 17, 2004]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1 (92)
source: CGD 72-60, 37 FR 15779, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 181.27