WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 434

when the vessel is in use. The owner shall paint on or attach the boat number to each side
of the forward half of the vessel's hull or superstructure for which the boat number is
issued, displaying the boat number in the manner required by Department regulations
and maintaining the boat number in legible condition.

(e)     If a vessel required to be numbered under this subtitle is sold, transferred,
abandoned, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the vessel's certificate expires at the time of the
sale, transfer, abandonment, loss, theft, or destruction and then is invalid.

(f)      There is a $5 service charge for every check returned unpaid.

(g)      [Each year the] THE Department shall inform each holder of a certificate of
boat number of the manner in which the boat owner may obtain a current copy of the U.
S. Coast Guard rules and regulations applicable to the type of boat registered under the
owner's boat number.

(h) If a person who applies for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of boat
number for a vessel has an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court to answer a
charging document alleging a violation under this subtitle, the Department shall refuse to
issue or renew the certificate of boat number for the vessel until the person charged has
complied with the provisions of § 1-205 of this article.

8-712.1.

(a)     (1) An owner of a [yacht] VESSEL that has a valid document issued by the
United States Coast Guard and that is used principally on the waters of the State for
pleasure shall apply annually to the Department for [validation] A MARYLAND USE
STICKER.

(2)     The Department shall issue a [validation sticker] MARYLAND USE
STICKER to any person who submits an application and pays a fee as required by
subsection (b) of this section.

(3)      [A validation] THE MARYLAND USE sticker issued under this section
shall be valid [through] FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 2 YEARS EXPIRING ON
December 31 of the CALENDAR year [in which the validation] FOLLOWING THE YEAR
THE sticker is issued.

(b)     The owner of the [yacht] VESSEL shall:

(1)     Submit an application to the Department on the form that the
Department requires and be signed by every owner of the [yacht] VESSEL; and

(2)     Pay to the Department an application fee of [$5] $10 FOR THE 2-YEAR
STICKER.

(c)     Within 30 days after the sale or other transfer of a [yacht] VESSEL that is or
should [be validated] DISPLAY A STICKER under this section:

(1) The transferor shall give notice of the transfer to the Department on a
form that the Department requires; and

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