Coast Guard Documentation question
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Coast Guard Documentation question
I have a friend who lives in Wisconsin. He is buying a used boat that was previously documented. He is going to redocument the boat. He is wondering if he can document it in another state--say Florida--even though he is not a resident there. My answer to him is that you must live in the state where it is documented to. What is the correct answer??
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Re: Coast Guard Documentation question
Originally Posted by Bigwavz
I have a friend who lives in Wisconsin. He is buying a used boat that was previously documented. He is going to redocument the boat. He is wondering if he can document it in another state--say Florida--even though he is not a resident there. My answer to him is that you must live in the state where it is documented to. What is the correct answer??
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You can find answers to most documentation questions at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/nvdc.htm
Check the FAQ's, it talks about re-documenting the boat and also about homeports.
Check the FAQ's, it talks about re-documenting the boat and also about homeports.
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Re: Coast Guard Documentation question
Originally Posted by Bigwavz
I have a friend who lives in Wisconsin. He is buying a used boat that was previously documented. He is going to redocument the boat. He is wondering if he can document it in another state--say Florida--even though he is not a resident there. My answer to him is that you must live in the state where it is documented to. What is the correct answer??
Not true. If it really is documented, it is federally documented. One may document anywhere in the US. it need not be a saltwater port. The forms are available on the coast guard's website. I forget the address, but if you google "national vessel documentation center" it will get it to you.
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Re: Coast Guard Documentation question
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Holy chit Pete, Anchorage!?!
Is it cold there now?
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Re: Coast Guard Documentation question
your port of call can be anywhere in the united states, your state registration as long as you boat there can be any state as well, and the state where they send the documentation can be a third state.
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Re: Coast Guard Documentation question
Numbers? I thought Documentation was on the name, not numbers???
Also, if the boat is documented, do you still need state registration numbers?
Why document? What's the benifit?
Also, if the boat is documented, do you still need state registration numbers?
Why document? What's the benifit?