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(A) The owner of a vessel shall notify the Secretary of State within 15 days: if the vessel is destroyed, abandoned or sold; if an interest in the vessel is transferred, either wholly or in part, to another person; or if the owner’s address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate of number. The notice shall consist of a surrender of the certificate of number, on which the proper information shall be noted on a place to be provided on the certificate. When the surrender of the certificate is due to the vessel being destroyed or abandoned, the Secretary of State shall cancel the certificate and enter that fact in the Secretary of State’s records, and the number may be reassigned.
(B) If the surrender of the certificate of number is due to a change of the owner’s address, the new address shall be recorded by the Secretary of State and a certificate of number bearing that information shall be returned to the owner.
(C) The transferee of a vessel register under the state, within 15 days after acquisition of a vessel, shall make application to the Secretary of State for transfer to the transferee of the certificate of number issued to the vessel. The transferee shall provide his or her name, address and the number of the vessel and pay to the Secretary of State a transfer fee. Unless the application is made and the fee paid within 15 days after acquisition of the vessel, the vessel shall be considered to be without certificate of number and a person shall not operate the vessel until a certificate is issued. Upon receipt of the application and appropriate fees, the Secretary of State shall transfer the certificate of number issued for the vessel to the new owner. The certificate of number shall be valid for a three-year period.
(D) If a certificate of number is lost, mutilated or illegible, the owner of the vessel shall obtain a duplicate of the certificate upon application and payment of a fee.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-24) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) A dealer shall apply for and obtain from the Secretary of State dealer certificates of number and dealer decals for each vessel of the dealer that is tested, demonstrated or otherwise operated. A single dealer certificate of number and dealer decal issued pursuant to this section may be used on only one vessel at a time.
(B) The operator of a vessel governed by this chapter shall do each of the following:
(1) Maintain the dealer certificate of number on board the vessel;
(2) Upon demand of a peace officer, display the dealer certificate of number; and
(3) Permanently or temporarily display the identifying number and dealer decal on the vessel in accordance with rules promulgated by the state.
(C) A person shall not operate a vessel numbered under this section unless the dealer is on board the vessel or the operator has the written authorization of the dealer to operate the vessel. A person shall not use a vessel numbered under this section for commercial purposes that include the rental of the vessel or the carrying of passengers for hire on the vessel.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-25) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) Each judge and each clerk of a court of record shall keep a full record of every case in which a person is charged with or cited for a violation of this chapter corresponding to regulating the operation of vessels.
(B) (1) Within 14 days after a conviction, forfeiture of bail, entry of a civil infraction determination or default judgment upon a charge of, or citation for, violating this chapter regulating the operation of vessels, the judge or clerk of the court of record shall prepare and immediately forward to the Secretary of State an abstract of the record of the court for the case.
(2) The abstract shall be certified to be true and correct by signature, stamp or facsimile signature by the person required to prepare the abstract.
(3) If the city is authorized to accept a payment of money as a settlement for a violation of the chapter, the city shall send a full report of each case in which a person pays any amount of money to the city to the Secretary of State upon a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(C) The abstract or report required under this section shall be made upon a form furnished by the Secretary of State.
(D) (1) Every person required to forward abstracts to the Secretary of State under this section shall certify for the period from January 1 through June 30 and for the period from July 1 through December 31 that all abstracts required to be forwarded during the period have been forwarded.
(2) The certification shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than 28 days after the end of the period covered by the certification.
(3) The certification shall be made upon a form furnished by the Secretary of State.
(E) The court shall not submit, and the Secretary of State shall discard and not enter on the boating record, an abstract for a conviction of civil infraction determination for a violation of this part that could not be the basis for the Secretary of State’s issuance of an order not to operate a vessel on the waters of the state. The Secretary of State shall discard and not enter on the boating record an abstract for a bond forfeiture that occurred outside the state.
(F) If a conviction or civil infraction determination is reversed upon appeal, the court shall transmit a copy of the order of reversal to the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State shall enter the order in the proper book or index in connection with the record of the conviction or civil infraction determination.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-26) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
NUMBERING AND IDENTIFICATION
This subchapter regarding the numbering of vessels and motorboats apply to all motorboats and all other vessels 12 feet in length or over which are required to be numbered or to display a decal indicating payment of fees under the state laws and which are operated on any waters within the territorial limits of the city.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-41) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) Each number required by the Act shall consist of capital letters “MC” denoting the State of Michigan, followed by four numerals followed by two capital letters (e.g., MC 0000 AA).
(B) A number suffix shall not include the letters I, O or Q which may be mistaken for numerals.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-42) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) Each number required by this chapter or the state laws shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be painted on or permanently attached to each side of the forward half of the vessel or motorboat, except as allowed by divisions (B) or (C) below;
(2) Be in plain vertical block characters of not less than three inches in height;
(3) Contrast with the color of the background and be distinctly visible and legible;
(4) Have spaces or hyphens that are equal to the width of the letter “M” between the letter and number groupings (e.g., MC 0000 AA or MC-0000-AA);
(5) Read from left to right; and
(6) Be as high above the water line as practical.
(B) When a vessel or motorboat is used by a manufacturer or dealer for testing or demonstrating, the number may be painted on or attached to removable plates that are temporarily, but firmly attached to each side of the forward half of the vessel or motorboat.
(C) On vessels or motorboats so configured that a number on the hull or superstructure would not be easily visible, the number must be painted on or attached to a backing plate that is attached to the forward half of the vessel or motorboat so that the number is visible from each side of the vessel or motorboat.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-43) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) Each decal required by the laws of the state to indicate payment of fees required of vessels documented by the United States Coast Guard or federal agency successor thereto shall be:
(1) Identical to the validation decal prescribed in Mich. Admin. Code R. § 281.1208;
(2) Be permanently affixed to each side of the forward half of the vessel; and
(3) Be as high above the water line as practical.
(B) When a decal is lost, destroyed or defaced, the owner of the documented vessel shall apply to the Secretary of State for a duplicate decal.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-45) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
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