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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.
SOURCE: GC § 8995.5, as amended by P.L. 15-54.
2019 NOTE: Subsection designations altered pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.