Section 9853.7 Of Chapter 2. Registration From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3.5. >> Chapter 2.
9853.7
. (a) (1) When the retail seller of an undocumented
sterndrive or inboard vessel, that contains a spark-ignition marine
engine below 373 kW (500 hp) rated power output that was manufactured
on or after January 1, 2008, or contains a spark-ignition marine
engine with any rated power output that was manufactured on or after
January 1, 2009, files for the purchaser of the vessel the initial
application for a number for the vessel, the retail seller shall do
both of the following:
(A) Certify on that application, by marking in indelible ink the
affirmative checkoff boxes or line alternatives described in
subdivision (a) of Section 9852.9, that the spark-ignition marine
engine has a permanently affixed label indicating that the engine
meets or exceeds the 2008 California emissions standards required by
Section 2442 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations. The
retail seller shall make that certification only after examining the
permanently affixed label for the engine and only if the label
indicates compliance with Section 2442 of Title 13 of the California
Code of Regulations.
(B) Submit with the application, the hang tag required by Section
2443.3 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations for the
engine, after including on the reserved white space of the hang tag,
the engine family name, from the permanently affixed engine label,
and the serial number of the engine.
(2) If the retail seller does not file for the purchaser of a
vessel described in paragraph (1) the initial application for a
number for the vessel, the applicant, upon filing an initial
application for a number, shall submit the hang tag required by
Section 2443.3 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations for
the engine. The hang tag shall contain the engine family name, from
the permanently affixed engine label, and the serial number of the
engine, as inserted by the retail seller of the vessel.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a vessel originally
purchased in another state by a resident of that state who
subsequently establishes residence in this state and who provides
satisfactory evidence to the department, or the department's agent
authorized pursuant to Section 9858, of the previous residence.
(c) The department, and the department's agent authorized pursuant
to Section 9858, shall not number a vessel subject to subdivision
(a), unless the retail seller certifies on the initial application
for a number filed for the purchaser of the vessel that the
spark-ignition marine engine has the label described in paragraph (1)
of subdivision (a) permanently affixed to the engine, or the
applicant submits an application that is accompanied by the hang tag
required by subdivision (a).
(d) For the purposes of this section, "spark-ignition marine
engine" has the same meaning as that term is defined in paragraph
(48) of subdivision (a) of Section 2441 of Title 13 of the California
Code of Regulations.