Vehicle Industry Registration Procedures Manual

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Section 25 of 38

Chapter 24: Vessels

24.100 Old Vessel Certificates

Process vessel applications with old certificates and a vessel record as follows:

If a Vessel Record Is
And old Certificates Are
You Must
If a Vessel Record Is On file
And old Certificates Are Presented
You Must Process as usual.
If a Vessel Record Is Not on file
And old Certificates Are Presented and the certificate of number is more than three years old
You Must Pick up the title or a completed Application for Replacement or Transfer of Title REG 227.

Note Photocopies of old certificates are not acceptable. When original certificates are not available, process the transaction as an unavailable records. Refer to the Unavailable Records section in this chapter for the unavailable records procedure.