33 CFR §187.101
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- (a)A participating State must collect the following information for a vessel it has numbered or titled when an individual owns the vessel and make it available to VIS:
- (1)Names of all owners.
- (2)Principal residence of one owner.
- (3)Mailing Address, if different from the address in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
- (4)Owner identifier, which must be the owner's tax identification number, date of birth together with driver's license number, or date of birth together with other unique number.
- (b)A participating State must collect the following information for a vessel that it has numbered or titled when the vessel's owner is not an individual, but a business or other type of organization:
- (1)Names of all businesses or organizations that own the vessel.
- (2)Principal address of one business or organization.
- (3)Mailing address, if different from the address in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
- (4)Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for the principal business or organization.
- (5)If the TIN for the principal business or organization is not available, one of the following unique identifiers for a corporate officer, a partner, or the individual who signed the application for numbering: