{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-67.207","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 67.207","heading":"Requirement for date and acknowledgment.","body":"(a) Every instrument presented for filing and recording must:\n(1) Bear the date of its execution; and\n(2) Contain an acknowledgment.\n(b) No officer or employee of the Coast Guard is authorized to take such acknowledgments unless the instrument is executed on behalf of the Federal Government of the United States.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER G—DOCUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS","PART 67—DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS","Subpart O—Filing and Recording of Instruments—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"ce6ad5974d9d12c99e73a582ea42f5863bff4fc6c9a7919d116427fdf5dd3044","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-67.205","next":"us/46-cfr-67.209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}