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Where can I annals a boat?

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Office in Augusta is the fundamental office for gunkhole registrations and registration records. Many Maine municipal taxation collectors or town clerks are Recreational Vehicle Agents for MDIFW.

Gunkhole registrations may be renewed online if your town is part of the plan. This online service allows yous to annals your Gunkhole (vessel) with the State of Maine. Post-obit your transaction, you will receive a confirmation page to print for immediate utilize. Your official registration and stickers volition arrive at the shipping accost specified within xxx days.

If you are registering a watercraft at the Augusta part or in a town other than your town of legal residence, you must kickoff pay your excise tax in your town of residence. Be certain you have a receipt that shows the annual excise tax has been paid on your watercraft or your watercraft cannot be registered at another location.

  1. All motorboats of whatever size, including airmobiles and personal watercraft, must be registered in Maine to be used on the waters of this State, except the following:
  2. Watercraft required to have a valid marine certificate as a watercraft of the United States. Vessels over 5 net ton used for commercial fishing must be documented. Call the U.S. Declension Guard at one-800-799-8362 for further information;
  3. Watercraft with valid registration from another country, provided the watercraft registration number is displayed on the motorboat and the motorboat will not be in Maine over 60 consecutive days after the state of principal use has been inverse;
  4. Military or public watercraft, except recreational type watercraft of the U.s.;
  5. A motorboat owned past the United States, a country, or subdivision thereof, which is used for governmental purposes and conspicuously identifiable as such;
  6. A ship's lifeboat;
  7. Motorboats from another country which are non inside Maine over 60 consecutive days; and
  8. Motorboats used exclusively for racing purposes and displaying a valid gunkhole number issued past a recognized racing association.

Fees (*Fee includes $i.00 amanuensis fee.)

0-10 Horsepower Motor - $31.00* with lake and river protection sticker
0-ten Horsepower Motor - $xvi.00* without lake and river protection sticker

eleven-50 Horsepower Motor - $36.00* with lake and river protection sticker
11-50 Horsepower Motor - $21.00* without lake and river protection sticker

51-115 Horsepower Motor - $42.00* with lake and river protection sticker
51-115 Horsepower Motor - $27.00* without lake and river protection sticker

Over 116 Horsepower Motor - $50.00* with lake and river protection sticker
Over 116 Horsepower Motor - $35.00* without lake and river protection sticker

Personal Watercraft - $l.00* with lake and river protection sticker
Personal Watercraft - $35.00* without lake and river protection sticker

Duplicate Boat Registration - $1.00 agent fee

Duplicate Gunkhole Registration & Sticker - $2.00

Boat Temporary Transfer - $4.00

Agents may charge a fee of $1.00 for renewals and duplicates, and $ii.00 for new registrations, rollovers, or transfers.

Gunkhole excise tax must exist paid by a resident to the taxation collector of their town before registration. A nonresident, prior to registering a motorboat which is located in Maine more than 75 days during a calendar yr, must pay an excise tax to the Maine boondocks where the boat is principally moored, docked or located. If the gunkhole is exempt from tax, a taxation exemption form must be completed by the owner and submitted with registration awarding and registration fee.

Proof of payment of sales revenue enhancement is required for new registrations (resident and nonresident).

Registrations may exist obtained from licensing agents or by postal service. For applications and agent information please call (207) 287-8000.

Watercraft registrations are issued for a specific calendar yr and are valid through December 31st of the year issued.

Lake and River Protection Sticker required.