International Owner
In order to apply for provisional registration, the following documentation and details must be submitted in respect of an International Owner:
In order to apply for provisional registration, the following documentation and details must be submitted in respect of an International Owner:
- Application for Registration Form;
- Declaration of Ownership Form;
- Next of Kin form;
- Copy of passport;
- Certificate of Registry of where vessel is currently registered; – If applicable;
- Certificate of Survey;
- International Tonnage Certificate; – If applicable;
- Bill of Sale;
- Builder’s Certificate – If applicable;
- Declaration of Conformity – If applicable;
- Eu Type Certificate – if applicable;
- Anti fouling Declaration if yacht is more than 24 metres and with a gross tonnage less than 400;
- Mortgage Confirmation; – If applicable;
- Payment of Relative Fees and other ancillary charges;
- An original Memorandum & Articles of Association (Statute) of the foreign owner, or else a certified copy, certified by the Registrar of Companies in that country, or equivalent, or by the lawyer providing the legal opinion indicated in (k) below (if the owner is a company or other entity enjoying separate legal personality);
- A Good Standing Certificate of the foreign entity, issued by the relevant authority (if the owner is a company or other entity enjoying separate legal personality);
- An original, legalised and apostilled legal opinion by a qualified lawyer in the jurisdiction where the foreign owning entity is registered.
- Relative powers of attorney, when required; and
- An original Declaration of Appointment of Resident Agent, signed by a duly authorised representative of the company, a specimen of which will be provided to you. A non-Maltese owner is required to appoint a Resident Agent in Malta to liaise on its behalf with the Maltese Registrar of Ships in relation to the yacht’s registration. Our office provides a Resident Agent service upon request.
The Malta Registrar may in addition to the above requirements in connection with the registration of a vessel on the Maltese Register by a non-Maltese company, request additional documentation to ensure that its conditions in relation to the foreign owning company are satisfied.
All documents must be in the English language or accompanied by a legal translation.
