(a) In a State where the Coast Guard is the issuing authority, the fees for issuing certificates of number are:
(1) Original or transferred certificate of number and two validation stickers--$24.
(2) Renewed certificate of number and two validation stickers--$16.
(3) Duplicate certificate of number--$9.
(4) Replacement of lost or destroyed validation stickers--$9.
(b) Fees are payable by check or money-order made payable to the ``U.S. Coast Guard''; by major credit card (MasterCard or Visa); or, when the owner applies in person, in cash. [USCG-1998-3386, 64 FR 36243, July 6, 1999]
Sec. Appendix A to Part 173--Issuing Authorities and Reporting
Authorities
(a) The State is the issuing authority and reporting authority in:
state
Alabama--AL.Alaska--AK.American Samoa--AS.Arizona--AZ.Arkansas--AR.California--CF.Colorado--CL.Connecticut--CT.Delaware--DL.District of Colum-
bia--DC.Florida--FL.Georgia--GA.Guam--GU.Hawaii--HA.Idaho--ID.Illinois--IL.Indiana--IN.Iowa--IA.Kansas--KA.Kentucky--KY. Louisiana--LA.Maine--ME.Maryland--MD.Massachusetts--MS.Michigan--MC.Minnesota--MN.Mississippi--MI.Missouri--MO.Montana--MT.Nebraska--NB.Nevada--NV.New Hampshire--NH.New Jersey--NJ.New Mexico--NM.New York--NY.North Carolina--NC.North Dakota--ND.Northern Mariana Islands--CM.Ohio--OH.Oklahoma--OK.Oregon--OR.Pennsylvania--PA.Puerto Rico--PR.Rhode Island--RI.South Carolina--SC.South Dakota--SD.Tennessee--TN.Texas--TX.Utah--UT.Vermont--VT.Virginia--VA.Virgin Islands--VI.Washington--WN.West Virginia--WV.Wisconsin--WS.Wyoming--WY.
(b) The Coast Guard is the issuing authority and reporting authority in:
state [Reserved]
(c) The abbreviations following the names of the State listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) are the two capital letters that must be used in the number format to denote the State of principal operation as prescribed in Sec. 174.23 of this chapter. [CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by CGD 76-076, 41 FR 23401, June 10, 1976; CGD 89-048, 54 FR 27002, June 27, 1989; USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33642, June 25, 2001; USCG-2003-14963, 77 FR 18701, Mar. 28, 2012]