Boating

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

Boat registrations may be renewed online if your town is part of the plan. This online service allows you to register your Boat (vessel) with the State of Maine. Following your transaction, you will receive a confirmation page to print for immediate use. Your official registration and stickers will make it at the shipping address specified within 30 days.

If you are registering a watercraft at the Augusta office or in a town other than your town of legal residence, you must starting time pay your excise tax in your town of residence. Be sure you take a receipt that shows the annual excise taxation has been paid on your watercraft or your watercraft cannot be registered at another location.

  1. All motorboats of whatsoever size, including airmobiles and personal watercraft, must be registered in Maine to exist used on the waters of this State, except the following:
  2. Watercraft required to take a valid marine document every bit a watercraft of the United States. Vessels over v net ton used for commercial fishing must be documented. Call the U.S. Coast Guard at i-800-799-8362 for further information;
  3. Watercraft with valid registration from some other state, provided the watercraft registration number is displayed on the motorboat and the motorboat will not be in Maine over 60 consecutive days subsequently the state of principal use has been changed;
  4. Military or public watercraft, except recreational blazon watercraft of the United States;
  5. A motorboat owned past the United states of america, a state, or subdivision thereof, which is used for governmental purposes and clearly identifiable equally such;
  6. A send's lifeboat;
  7. Motorboats from another country which are not within Maine over 60 sequent days; and
  8. Motorboats used exclusively for racing purposes and displaying a valid boat number issued by a recognized racing clan.

Fees (*Fee includes $ane.00 agent fee.)

0-10 Horsepower Motor - $31.00* with lake and river protection sticker
0-ten Horsepower Motor - $16.00* without lake and river protection sticker

11-50 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 - $l.00* with lake and river protection sticker
Over 116 Horsepower Motor - $35.00* without lake and river protection sticker

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

Duplicate Boat Registration - $1.00 amanuensis fee

Indistinguishable Boat Registration & Sticker - $2.00

Boat Temporary Transfer - $4.00

Agents may charge a fee of $i.00 for renewals and duplicates, and $2.00 for new registrations, rollovers, or transfers.

Boat excise revenue enhancement must be paid by a resident to the tax 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 revenue enhancement to the Maine town where the boat is principally moored, docked or located. If the boat is exempt from tax, a tax exemption class must be completed by the owner and submitted with registration awarding and registration fee.

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

Registrations may be obtained from licensing agents or by mail. For applications and amanuensis data 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.