97 STAT. 586 PUBLIC LAW 98-89 —AUG. 26, 1983 (b) The Secretary may prescribe the form of, the manner of filing, and the information to be contained in, applications for certificates of documentation. (c) Each certificate of documentation shall— (1) contain the name, the home port, and a description of the vessel; (2) identify the owner of the vessel; and (3) contain additional information prescribed by the Secretary. (d) The Secretary shall prescribe procedures to ensure the integrity of, and the accuracy of information contained in, certifi- cates of documentation. (e) The owner and master of a documented vessel shall make the vessel's certificate of documentation available for examination as the law or Secretary may require. § 12104. Effect of documentation A certificate of documentation is— (1) conclusive evidence of nationality for international pur- poses, but not in a proceeding conducted under the laws of the United States; (2) except for a pleasure vessel license, conclusive evidence of qualification to be employed in a specified trade; and (3) not conclusive evidence of ownership in a proceeding in which ownership is in issue. § 12105. Registry (a) A registry may be issued for a vessel eligible for documenta- tion. (b) A vessel for which a registry is issued may be employed in foreign trade or trade with Guam, American Samoa, Wake, Midway, or Kingman Reef. (c) On application of the owner of a vessel that qualifies for a coastwise license under section 12106 of this title, a Great Lakes license under section 12107 of this title, or a fishery license under section 12108 of this title, the Secretary may issue a registry appro- priately endorsed authorizing the vessel to be employed in the coastwise trade, the Great Lakes trade, or the fisheries, as the case maybe. (d) Except as provided in sections 12106-12108 of this title, a foreign built vessel registered under this section may not engage in the coastwise trade, the Great Lakes trade, or the fisheries. § 12106. Coastwise licenses and registry (a) A coastwise license or, as provided in section 12105(c) of this title, an appropriately endorsed registry, may be issued for a vessel that— (1) is eligible for documentation; (2)(A) was built in the United States; or (B) if not built in the United States, was captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, was adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States, or qualified for documentation under section 4136 of the Revised Statutes (46 App. U.S.C. 14); and (3) otherwise qualifies under laws of the United States to be employed in the coastwise trade.
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