2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 75A - Boating and Water Safety.
§ 75A-5.1. Commercial fishing vessels; renewal of identification number.

§ 75A‑5.1.  Commercial fishing vessels; renewal of identification number.

(a)        The owner of any commercial fishing vessel that is registered under the provisions of G.S. 113‑168.6 may renew the certificate of number of the vessel free of charge for a one‑year period when the owner has complied with all of the conditions of this section.

(b)        As used in this section, "commercial fishing vessel" is a vessel used in a commercial fishing operation, as defined in G.S. 113‑168.

(c)        In order to be entitled to renewal of certificate of number under the provisions of this section, the owner of the vessel shall submit both of the following to the Commission:

(1)        The regular application for renewal of the certificate of number of the vessel, as provided by G.S. 75A‑5.

(2)        Satisfactory proof that the vessel owner possesses a valid commercial fishing vessel registration.

(3)        Repealed by Session Laws 2006‑185, s. 1.

(d)        Any person who willfully gives false information upon an application or statement required by this section or who falsifies any certificate of number fee receipt required by this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1961, c. 469, s. 2; 1965, c. 957, s. 8; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1983, c. 446, s. 2; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(16); 1993, c. 539, s. 565; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a); 1998‑225, s. 4.2; 2006‑185, s. 1.)