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[CITE: 46USC12124]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                  CHAPTER 121--DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 12124. Surrender of title and number

    (a) A documented vessel shall not be titled by a State or required 
to display numbers under chapter 123, and any certificate of title 
issued by a State for a documented vessel shall be surrendered in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Transportation.
    (b) The Secretary may approve the surrender under subsection (a) of 
a certificate of title for a vessel covered by a preferred mortgage 
under section 31322(d) of this title only if the mortgagee consents.

(Added Pub. L. 105-383, title IV, Sec. 401(a)(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3424.)
