USCG: Certificate of Documentation Renewal Fee (proposed)

It appears that the US Coast Guard may begin charging a fee for the annual renewal of a boat's Certificate of Documenation. The proposed amount is $26.00.

You can find some information about this HERE. You'll have to scroll down a bit to get to the actual meat of the matter.

Here's a link to the USCG National Vessel Documentation Center's Fee Schedule page:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/nvdcfee.asp

Other posts concerning USCG HVDC.

Oh, well... So it goes...

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Renewal of USCG Certification of Documentation - Boat Registration

This week I finally called the National Vessel Documentation Center about our boat's US Coast Guard Certification of Documentation. It expired on Halloween.  I never received a notice because the address that they sent the renewal form to last time would have forwarded it to St Maarten. But, this wasn't their fault. Everytime I would think about dealing with it I would be distracted by other things...

Monday I phoned the Documentation Center and I'm happy to say that they are still very nice folks to deal with. The first person asked for the expiration date and she forwarded my call to someone else.  That person said that I was too late to renew and only have the $5.00 late fee as I fall outside of the 45-day grace period. She transferred me back to the original woman. She told me that it was worth a try, but now I have to pay an $84.00 reinstatement fee and fill out form 1258.

So I filled out Form 1258 and the credit card authorization form and sent them via email. I requested that they reply to let us know that they received everything OK and they did!

Don't procrastinate.  If you renew on time (you can even renew early) it is FREE. If you renew within 45 days of expiration it is only $5 which isn't too bad and way better than $84...

Ms Cheapseats will definitely be on time next year :)

See previous post about renewing your Certificate of Documentation.

So It Goes...

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Renewal of USCG Certification of Documentation - Boat Registration

Well, it's that time of year for us again. Our renewal form has arrived in our friend's mailbox in St. Thomas, but as we are in St. Martin, we are going to renew it the same way as we did last year...



See previous post:
http://allaboutboats.blogspot.com/2008/09/uscg-renewal-of-certificate-of.html

Thought this was worth mentioning again.

USCG Renewal of Certificate of Documentation

I've been waiting to receive our renewal form for our USCG Vessel Documentation in the mail.



I forgot that we can get the form online, fill in the name of the boat, documentation number, sign & date it, and fax or email it back to them. Last year they even faxed us a copy of our documentation certificate so we would have that while we were waiting for our original to arrive by mail. Really nice people!

Go to the web site of the USCG National Vessel Documentation Center
(http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/)

In the FAQ section, you will find...

MAY I RENEW MY DOCUMENT EARLY?
YES. The Renewal form is available at this website. It may be downloaded from the Forms Menu. It may be mailed or faxed to (304)-271-2405. BE SURE TO CITE THE VESSEL'S OFFICIAL NUMBER.

Go here (http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/nvdcforms.asp) and then scroll down a bit and you'll see:

Renewal of Certificate Of Documentation.. (CG-1280)


• Word Format
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Adobe Acrobat Format

Thanks guys for making something easier!

When I was searching for the USCG NVDC's web site (I should have just looked at a previous post in our own blog, duh!) I came across this interesting post concerning renewals:
http://mysticgringo.blogspot.com/2008/04/uscg-documentation-renewal.html

Enjoy!
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US Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center web address

I have a difficult time finding the website for the U.S. Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center so here it is, just in case it will help anyone else:

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/nvdc.htm

Their phone number is 1-304-271-2400 and press 6 to speak with a documentation officer.

Hope this helps others!