MARINE VESSEL MEANING DRIVER
MARINE VESSEL MEANING REGISTRATION

Vessel-Includes every description of watercraft used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water except a:.

Use of Waters-To navigate, operate, employ, or moor any vessel upon the waters of this state.

Undocumented Vessel-Any vessel which is not required to have, and does not have, a valid marine document issued by the U.S.

The name must be sufficient to ensure identification of the owner.

MARINE VESSEL MEANING DRIVER

True Full Name-True full name is the complete, exact name used on legal documents, such as a driver license, and includes a person’s first name/initial, middle name/initial, and last name.

State of Principal Use-The state on which waters a vessel is used or intended to be used most during a calendar year.Situs-Principal location of the vessel.Registered Owner-The person registered by Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) as the owner of the vessel.Personal Watercraft-A vessel less than 12 feet in length, propelled by machinery, that is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneel ing on the vessel, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel.

Owner-A person having all the incidents of ownership, including the legal title of a vessel whether or not such person lends, rents, or pledges such vessel the person entitled to the possession of a vessel as the purchaser under a conditional sale contract or the mortgagor of a vessel.

MARINE VESSEL MEANING REGISTRATION

Livery Vessel-Any vessel subject to registration under the California Vehicle Code that is held primarily for the purpose of renting, leasing, or chartering to others.

Legal Owner-A person holding the legal title to a vessel under a conditional sales contract the mortgagee of a vessel or the renter or lessor of a vessel to the state, or to any county, city, district, or political subdivision of the state, under a lease, lease sale, or rental purchase agreement which grants possession of the vessel to the lessee for a period of 30 consecutive days or more.

Interstate Commerce-A vessel engaged for compensation in transporting persons or property in more than one state.

Yacht or pleasure vessel documented at the request of the owner.

Commercial vessel 30 feet or more in length (unless an exemption is granted by the U.S.

Commercial vessel five net tons or more.

Coast Guard and is issued a valid marine certificate.

Documented Vessel-Any vessel which is documented by the U.S.

Amphibious Vehicle-A vehicle/vessel combination by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn, both upon water and upon a highway on land.

Transport Publication - TP 10038 E (2003)Ī power-driven vessel is any vessel propelled by machinery.Ī sailing vessel is any vessel under sail, provided that propelling machinery, if fitted, is not being used.Ī fishing vessel is any vessel used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea, including any vessel used to transfer the catch of another vessel to shore.Ī vessel engaged in fishing is any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls or other fishing apparatus which restrict manoeuvrability, but does not include a vessel fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus which do not restrict manoeuvrability.Ī restricted vessel is any vessel unable to keep out of the way of another vessel because it is engaged in work restricting its ability to manoeuvre as required by the Collision Regulations or any vessel constrained by a channel.Ī vessel not under command is any vessel, which through unusual circumstances is unable to manoeuvre as required by the Collision Regulations, and so is unable to keep out of the way of another vessel.9.000 Definition of Terms (CVC §§9840, 9871.5 and CH&NC §651)

Marine vessel meaning