1. (a) If a vessel is owned by spouses jointly with right of survivorship and passes to a surviving spouse as a result of death, and the spouse whose name appears on a general use, shorefront property, or commercial use mooring permit, or on a commercial mooring for hire mooring permit held by a shorefront property owner as described in Pda 502.05(b) and granted by the division, dies during the term of the permit, the division shall transfer the permit to the name of the surviving spouse if the conditions under (c) below are met.
2. (b) If ownership of a vessel previously owned by a deceased spouse whose name appears on a general use, shorefront property, or commercial use mooring permit, or on a commercial mooring for hire mooring permit held by a shorefront property owner as described in Pda 502.05(b) and granted by the division, passes by will or in accordance with the laws of intestacy to a surviving spouse, the division shall transfer the permit to the name of the surviving spouse if the conditions under (c) below are met.
3. (c) The surviving spouse shall present a written request for transfer under this section to the division at the time that an application for an existing mooring permit under Pda 506.04 is filed with the division, on or before the March 1 deadline. If the death occurred within 10 days before the March 1 deadline and the surviving spouse submits the request within 10 business days after March 1, the surviving spouse shall pay only the mooring permit application fee and no late fee.

4. (d) The surviving spouse shall provide the following documentation at the time of filing:

   1. (1) The death certificate of the deceased spouse;
   2. (2) Proof that the vessel was owned jointly by the spouses, if the vessel was owned jointly with right of survivorship; and

   3. (3) Either:

      1. a. A copy of the decree of the probate court granting ownership of the vessel to the surviving spouse, if the ownership of the vessel passed to the surviving spouse by will or in accordance with the laws of intestacy; or
      2. b. Evidence that the estate of the deceased spouse is in probate and that the ownership of the vessel will pass to the surviving spouse by will or in accordance with the laws of intestacy.

Source. #7940, eff 8-23-03; ss by #9975, eff 8-20-11 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Pda 500); ss by #11160, eff 8-19-16; ss by #12958, eff 12-24-19