{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-navigation-law-63-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Navigation Law § 63-a","heading":"Suspension of certificate of inspection; penalty for operating a vessel without a certificate of inspection or during suspension","body":"§ 63-a. Suspension of certificate of inspection; penalty for operating\na vessel without a certificate of inspection or during suspension. The\ninspector may suspend a certificate of inspection issued pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article upon satisfactory proof that operation of the\nvessel poses a risk to public safety. Prior to suspending the\ncertificate of inspection, the inspector shall give written notice of\nthe defects to the owner and describe how those defects pose a risk to\npublic safety. The inspector may suspend the certificate of inspection\nuntil such time as the inspector is satisfied that operation of the\nvessel does not pose a risk to public safety. An owner who permits the\noperation of a vessel which has not been issued a certificate of\ninspection or whose certificate of inspection has been suspended shall\nbe guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section\nseventy-three-b of this article for each day of operation of the vessel\nwith a suspended certificate of inspection.","path":["Navigation Law","Article 4. No title","Part 2. Public Vessels"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/NAV/63-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"420119e17a292d33985ae50261385aedc08d7be09ce790011b5ff655799061cf","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-navigation-law-63","next":"us-ny/n.y.-navigation-law-64"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}