Registration transfer to new owner

[MAXUM]

Originally Posted by Descant

WHO did you register with? Who did you make the check out to? There has to be information I'm missing here. There is no requirement to register a boat until you operate it on NH waters. Put a project boat in your barn and restore it over 3 years--no need to pay for three years of non -operation. If you have registration and check backdated by the agent, I think there is a refund due.

So as the story goes... I bought a boat in PA on labor day weekend back in 2007 from a dealer. PA registrations were for two years, the boat was on the first of the two year registration. PA also allowed the transfer of the paid registration to the new owner, that being me. Same went for the trailer. Brought the boat back to NH and used it out the rest of '07. In the spring of '08 I went to Concord the register the boat and trailer. The trailer was re-plated and the registration fees was based on the sale date. The boat was also subject to the same thing I was charged for '07 and '08. When I questioned this and asked to speak to a "supervisor" it was explained to me that was the way it works. I though it was odd but if the person in charge says that's the way it's done who am I to say otherwise. I have heard others that have had the same thing happen.

[LIforrelaxin]

Here is the thing in NH you don't have sales tax.... So they can't get you there.... The state needs money, and they will find ways to get it. This is a way to get it..... Now I suggest buying a boat that doesn't have a current registration then you aren't left with this raw feeling.....

Now let me go back a few years ago, when my Dad died.... I had to remove him from the registration of the boat that he and I owned together... and was registered for the current year. Yep you can guess it, I had to pay the registration fee yet again... It was a catch 22.... The insurance company had to issue an new policy based on the fact that my father had to be removed as an owner, and they wouldn't do that until the boat was solely in my name....

If they don't get you one way they will get you another....

[Descant]

Originally Posted by MAXUM

So as the story goes... I bought a boat in PA on labor day weekend back in 2007 from a dealer. PA registrations were for two years, the boat was on the first of the two year registration. PA also allowed the transfer of the paid registration to the new owner, that being me. Same went for the trailer. Brought the boat back to NH and used it out the rest of '07. In the spring of '08 I went to Concord the register the boat and trailer. The trailer was re-plated and the registration fees was based on the sale date. The boat was also subject to the same thing I was charged for '07 and '08. When I questioned this and asked to speak to a "supervisor" it was explained to me that was the way it works. I though it was odd but if the person in charge says that's the way it's done who am I to say otherwise. I have heard others that have had the same thing happen.

Thanks for the extra detail. I still don't think you should have paid for 2007. I'm not a trouble maker, but I have found that a call to my state rep in such cases often got somebody to re-read the rule and/or there was a bill filed next year to clarify. I'd bet 50% of what the legislature does is pass bills that fix old laws that had unintended consequences. Some oif our state reps are very good at problem solving, especially the senior ones.

[TheTimeTraveler]

Of course right now it is almost impossible to find a new or used boat, so paying that extra Registration Fee may be the least of one's worries.

The Covid situation has caused a shortage of boats, and because of that the prices are higher than ever.

Registration fees are peanuts compared to the mark ups on boats. A great time to be a seller and not a buyer.