Guam § 69104 - Identification Number.

§ 69104. Identification Number.

(a) Application. The owner of each vessel required to be

numbered by this Territory shall file an application for number

with the Guam Police Department on forms approved for it.

Such forms shall be prepared in cooperation with the Department

of Revenue and Taxation. The application shall contain the name

and address of the owner and of the legal owner, if any, and the

builder's hull number or any hull number of the vessel as may be

required by the Department. The application shall be signed by

the owners of the vessel and shall be accompanied by a fee of

Forty Dollars ($40.00). Upon receipt of the application in

approved form, the Guam Police Department shall enter the

same upon its records and issue a certificate of ownership to the

legal owner or if none, to the owner and a certificate of number

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to the owner, stating the number assigned to the vessel, the name

and address of the owner and such additional information as may

be prescribed by regulation of the Guam Police Department. The

owner shall paint on or attach to each side of the forward half of

the vessel the identification number in such a manner as may be

prescribed by rules and regulations of the Guam Police

Department in order that it may be clearly visible. The number

shall be maintained in legible condition. The certificate of

number shall be pocket size and shall be available at all times for

inspection on the vessel for which issued, whenever such vessel

is in operation.

(b) Recording of current number before use in excess of

sixty (60) days. The owner of any vessel already covered by a

number in full force and effect which has been assigned to it,

pursuant to the operative Federal law or a federally approved

numbering system of a state of the United States, shall record the

number prior to operating the vessel on the waters of this

Territory in excess of the sixty (60) day period provided for in §

69103 of this Chapter. Such recordation shall, upon payment of

the fee prescribed by Subsection (a) of this Section, be in the

manner prescribed by regulation of the Department of Public

Safety provided, however, that no additional or substitute

number shall be issued. This Subsection shall not apply if the

state or principal use has been changed.

(c) Change of ownership. Should the ownership of a

numbered vessel change, the existing certificate of ownership

and a new application form with a fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00)

shall be filed with the Guam Police Department and a new

certificate of ownership and a new certificate of number shall be

issued in the same manner as provided for in the original

assignment of number and the number shall be reassigned to the

new owner.

(d) Conformity with Federal numbering system. The

numbering system employed pursuant to this Chapter by the

Guam Police Department shall be in conformity with the

standard numbering system established by the Secretary of the

United States Government in which the Coast Guard is operating

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pursuant to the Federal Board Safety Act of 1971, 46 U.S.C., §

1452.

(e) Issuing agents. The Guam Police Department may issue

any certificate of ownership and any certificate of number or

temporary certificate of number directly or may authorize any

person to act as agent for the issuing thereof. In the event that a

person accepts such authorization, he may be allotted a block of

numbers and certificates therefor which upon assignment and

issue, in conformity with this Chapter, and with any rules and

regulations of the Guam Police Department, shall be valid as if

assigned and issued directly by the Guam Police Department.

(f) Numbering records to the public. All records of the

Guam Police Department made or kept pursuant to this Section

shall be public records.

(g) Registration period. Every certificate of number issued

pursuant to this Chapter shall continue in full force and effect for

a period of three (3) years unless sooner terminated or

discontinued in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

Certificates of number may be renewed by the owner in the same

manner provided for in the initial securing of the same; provided

that the fee for renewal shall be Forty Dollars ($40.00).

(h) Expiration date. The Guam Police Department shall fix a

day and a month of the year on which certificates of number due

to expire during the calendar year shall lapse and no longer be of

any force and effect unless renewed pursuant to this Chapter.

(i) Notice of transfer, destruction or abandonment. The

owner shall furnish the Guam Police Department written notice

of the transfer of all or any part of his interest in a vessel

numbered in this Territory pursuant to this Section, or the

destruction or abandonment of such vessel within fifteen (15)

days thereof. Such transfer, destruction or abandonment shall

terminate the certificate of number for such vessel except that in

the case of a transfer of a part interest which does not affect the

owner's right to operate such vessel, such transfer shall not

terminate the certificate of number.

(j) Change of address. Any holder of a certificate of number

or certificate of ownership shall notify the Guam Police

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Department in writing within fifteen (15) days if his address no

longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and

shall, as a part of such notification, furnish the Guam Police

Department with his new address.

(k) No other number on forward half. No number other than

the number validly assigned to a vessel shall be painted, attached

or otherwise displayed on either side of the forward half of such

vessel.

(l) Provision for regulations. The Guam Police Department

shall, subject to the provisions of the Administrative

Adjudication Act, promulgate regulations to administer the

provisions of this Section related to numbering applications,

certificates of ownership, certificates of number, display of

number, reports on change of address, destruction, abandonment,

sale or transfer of ownership.

(m) Proof of ownership. The Guam Police Department

shall, subject to the provisions of the Administrative

Adjudication Act, promulgate rules and regulations setting forth

requirements relative to establishing proof of ownership to be

submitted by the owner at the time of filing initial application for

a certificate of number and a certificate of ownership.

(n) Transfer to dealer.

(1) Application for a new certificate of number or

payment of the fee shall not be required on transfer of a

vessel to a dealer in the course of his business as is

otherwise provided in this Chapter, provided that:

(A) the vessel is held and operated by the dealer

only for the purpose of resale in the course of his

business;

(B) the dealer has been issued a sales permit by

the appropriate department or agency covering sale of

such property; and

(C) the dealer shall, not later than the end of the

next business day following such transfer, give written

notice of purchase to the Guam Police Department

upon an appropriate form provided for it.

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(2) Upon receipt of the notice of purchase referred to in

Subdivision (1), the Guam Police Department shall issue a

temporary certificate of number of such vessel in the name

of the dealer upon payment of a fee of Twenty Dollars

($20.00) and note the transfer on the Department's record of

ownership.

(3) The certificate of ownership bearing the

endorsement of the transferrer to the dealer of a vessel

registered pursuant to this Section and the certificate of

number thereof shall be retained by the dealer until a

transfer of the vessel by him, during such time, such

certificates shall be subject to inspection by the Guam

Police Department or other authorized agency. Upon

transfer of the vessel by the dealer, the certificate of

ownership shall be endorsed by the dealer and transfer

further accomplished as otherwise provided in this Chapter.