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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 12, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 7:
Section: 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.
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