N.Y. Canal Law § 72

§ 72. Change of ownership, name or hailing place. Should the\nownership, name or hailing place of a float change after state registry,\nthe owner of the float shall make new application in form similar to\nthat required for original registry and upon receipt of such application\nthe corporation shall issue a new state certificate of registry and\nrecord the same in its office. The owner or owners of a commercial float\nfound navigating the canal system, the ownership, name or hailing place\nof which shall have been changed without proper application for\nre-registry to the corporation, shall, upon due proof thereof be subject\nto a penalty to the people of the state of New York not to exceed one\nhundred dollars recoverable by the attorney general in an action in any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction.\n