Section 270-E:5 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Registration FeesI. The registration fees for commercial, private, and pleasure vessels, including rentals and airboats shall be as follows:(a) Up to and including 16 feet $24(b) 16.1 feet to 21 feet $34(c) 21.1 feet to 30 feet $52 (d) 30.1 feet to 45 feet $72(e) 45.1 feet and over $92II. In addition to the fees required by paragraph I there shall be $5 collected for each registration processed by an authorized agent of the department who is not an employee of the department. The fees collected under this paragraph shall be collected and retained by the authorized agent as compensation for processing the registration.
III. A vessel manufacturer or dealer, or a person engaged in vessel repair maintenance, shall pay $5 to the department for an initial registration certificate, and $3 for each additional registration certificate.IV. The department may issue refunds of the state portion of the registration fee to registrants in cases where a registrant has inadvertently registered the same vessel twice within the same registration period or has overpaid a registration fee or if there is evidence the decals and registration have not been used. Such request shall be submitted within 90 days from the date of registration.V. A person may obtain a duplicate vessel registration certificate for his or her vessel upon application to the department and payment of a $15 fee.Amended by 2024, 125:3, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by 2015 , 243: 2, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by 2015 , 212: 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2014 , 231: 1, eff. 1/1/2015.Amended by 2013 , 149: 1, eff. 6/28/2013.1990, 229:1. 1992, 265:7. 1997, 185:1. 2000, 55:7. 2002, 201 : 1 . 2008, 282 : 6 . 2009, 144 : 144 -146, eff. Aug. 28, 2009. 2014, 231 : 1 , eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2015, 212 : 1 , eff. July 1, 2015; 243:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.