Back in 2013, one of the Florida Wildlife Nazis explained to me that Florida law requires that, if your vessel is not registered in your home state (and documentation doesn't count) it had to be registered in Florida. IIRC, the grace period for getting it registered was 30 days in state. I found it suspiciously coincidental that the Florida registration fee for an out-of-state boat owned by a non-resident was $250, the same as the fine if you got ticketed for using a non-registered boat.
And, as I recall, if you have your boat in Florida for over 90 days you are supposed to get it registered in Florida regardless of where you live (or whether it is federally documented). All that is why I got NC registration for Imzadi in July 2014 - as soon as NC began allowing (actually REQUIRING) the registration of documented vessels. On the plus side, 50% of the registration fees collected are earmarked for dredging in coastal waters. I have to put the sticker (but no numbers) on the starboard side of the bow (beginning in 2018 it is a sticker on each side of the bow) since putting it on the mast or anywhere else on the boat is against the rules - though the local DNR folks seem a bit hazy on that issue. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dreuge via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 12:51 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Dreuge <dre...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Colorado documented vessels. We have a Colorado registered Columbia 50 in our marina. While the sailboat should have been registered in Florida by now, I was told by the owner that he did not pay sales tax to register the vessel in Colorado (his home state) but he would have to pay about $5k in taxes to register it in FL. With a tax incentive like that I would guess that there are many many documented vessels with Colorado registrations, but likely not more than a hand full in the state. - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Fort Walton Beach, FL
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