33 CFR 174.15
§ 174.15 Validation stickers.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 174.15, § 174.15 Validation stickers, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/153195
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(a) If a State issues validation stickers, its numbering system must contain the requirements that stickers must be displayed within 6 inches of the number and the stickers must meet the requirements in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) Validation stickers must be approximately 3 inches square.
(c) The year in which each validation sticker expires must be indicated by the colors, blue, international orange, green, and red, in rotation beginning with blue for stickers that expire in 1973.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.