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From: Bob Peterson (no email)
Date: Fri Oct 22 2004 - 02:22:36 EDT
I am not an expert in this field, I simply know how it operates in
California. We have federally documented vessels or state registered
vessels. The state has no problem collecting annual "use" taxes through the
county property tax mechanism. That tax collection is not contingent upon
nor intrinsically related to the state "registering" vessels that are not
federally documented. Regarding state taxes, the state's Franchise Tax
Board imports vessel (and aircraft) owner data from the Coast Guard annually
(for documented vessels) and from the state Dept. of Motor Vehicles annually
(for registered vessels) and also canvasses every public and private marina
and other facility likely to harbor vessels in the state, to verify vessels
staying and/or operating in California. I accept that other states may use
the state vessel registration program to directly collect state taxes. But
in California, the county tax assessors and tax collectors perform this
function. And since they don't issue registration decals for boats, they
don't insist that any state registration numbers, decals, stickers or other
nonsense be applied to documented vessels.
Bob Peterson
47' Lien Hwa CMY
"Lopaka Nane"
San Francisco
-----Original Message-----
From: Peggy Carr
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:49 PM
To:
Subject: T&T: Re: Coast Guard Documentation
>
> Are you sure you can't be state registered and documented? Florida
> requires all boats in it's waters for more than (I believe) 90 days is
> required to be state registered. If your not state registered, how
> (why) would you pay state tax on the vessel?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mailto:>
> To: <mailto:> ;
> <mailto:trawlers-and-trawleri
> ng at list
> s.samurai.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 7:52 AM
>
This is true in Maryland as well. We MUST be registered in Maryland
regardless of documentation. And 90 days seems to be the magic number, with
acceptable proof of your not "living" there being something like a receipt
for fuel from another state. So conceivably you could run down to Virginia
or over to New Jersey (if you chose to transit the Delaware Bay for some
reason) to do so. We display our numbers clearly, even though we know that
it's not essential. As someone else said, the annual registration stickers
ARE.
Peggy Bjarno
"Aqua Vitae"
1986 Albin 43'
Kent Narrows, MD
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