3.19.140 Validity of Registration Certificate

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this section, a registration certificate is valid until the date of expiration prescribed by the Tribe.

(b) A registration certificate issued by the tribe is invalid after the date upon which:

(1) The vessel is documented or required to be documented under Part 67 of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations.

(2) The person whose name appears on the registration certificate as owner of the vessel transfer all of his or her ownership in the vessel; or

(3) The vessel is destroyed or abandoned.

(c) A registration certificate issued by the tribe is invalid if:

(1) The application for the registration certificate contains a false or fraudulent statement; or

(2) The fees for the issuance of the certificate are not paid.

(d) The certificate is invalid when the person whose name appears on the certificate involuntarily loses his interest in the numbered vessel by legal process.

(e) The registration certificate is invalid for use of the boat on waters outside the Bad River Reservation.