N.Y. Canal Law § 72: Change of ownership, name or hailing place

§ 72. Change of ownership, name or hailing place. Should the

ownership, name or hailing place of a float change after state registry,

the owner of the float shall make new application in form similar to

that required for original registry and upon receipt of such application

the corporation shall issue a new state certificate of registry and

record the same in its office. The owner or owners of a commercial float

found navigating the canal system, the ownership, name or hailing place

of which shall have been changed without proper application for

re-registry to the corporation, shall, upon due proof thereof be subject

to a penalty to the people of the state of New York not to exceed one

hundred dollars recoverable by the attorney general in an action in any

court of competent jurisdiction.