TITLE 46 - SHIPPING

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER T - SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)

PART 185 - OPERATIONS

subpart e - PREPARATIONS FOR EMERGENCIES

185.504 - Passenger count.

The master of a vessel, except a vessel listed in 185.502(a) of this part, shall keep a correct, written count of all passengers that embark on and disembark from the vessel. Prior to departing on a voyage, the passenger count must be communicated verbally or in writing, and available ashore at the vessel's normal berthing location or with a representative of the owner or managing operator of the vessel. The passenger count shall be available to the Coast Guard upon request.