Boat registrations

waukewanderer · 12-20-2022, 09:11 PM

If more than one boat is registered in NH, does the DMV send both registration bills at once, or is each mailed separately? I received one a few weeks ago, but not the other yet. Just making sure.

SAB1 · 12-20-2022, 09:33 PM

Separately. Mine came a few weeks apart.

TiltonBB · 12-21-2022, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SAB1

Separately. Mine came a few weeks apart.

Correct. Same here.

ishoot308 · 12-21-2022, 08:06 AM

Same here!

Dan

Seaplane Pilot · 12-21-2022, 09:21 AM

Here too.

I have several boat registrations that all came in separate envelopes at separate times. It would be nice if the State could consolidate them into one envelope, thus saving postage, and also hassle to the owners.

ITD · 12-21-2022, 10:33 AM

Together and separate, usually multiple times for me.

TiltonBB · 12-21-2022, 10:39 AM

I mailed mine back to the Gilford Clerk's office with the $5 added for the town.

My understanding is that the town gets a portion of the registration fee if you do it that way.

If you mail the renewal to the state the town does not get the money.

thinkxingu · 12-21-2022, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB

I mailed mine back to the Gilford Clerk's office with the $5 added for the town.

My understanding is that the town gets a portion of the registration fee if you do it that way.

If you mail the renewal to the state the town does not get the money.

Doesn't the town only get the $5 extra people pay? I thought that was what they made, not any more of the actual registration fees.

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TiltonBB · 12-21-2022, 12:04 PM

When I spoke to one of the women at the Gilford Clerk's office this morning she told me that they got some of the fee too, but only if it is done at the town.

That could be wrong. I haven't confirmed it.

thinkxingu · 12-21-2022, 12:27 PM

Does anybody know for sure? Honestly, I would rather all my money go to MP, so if the town gets more than the $5, I'd skip town hall.

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Descant · 12-21-2022, 12:33 PM

There is a registration fee and a tax. In general the tax goes to the taxing authority, town or state, depending on where you pay. If you pay in Gilford, at the Town Clerk's office or a marina, the tax goes to the town. My recollection is that this amounts to $300-$400K in Gilford. Historically, the Gilford Island Association has encouraged islanders to pay in Gilford to support Glendale. If you register at MP HQ in Glendale, there is no local benefit. There is also a $5 agent's fee collected by whatever agent does the paperwork. If you mail to Concord or MP HQ, there is no agent, so no $5. Buried in the state registration fee, there is money for Fish & Game, Milfoil, Navigation Safety Fund, etc. There is even $1 available to Town Clerks since the law authorizing them to do registrations would be an unfunded mandate if that $1 weren't there. Much of this used to be printed on the back of the old registration, deleted when the forms changed.

Major · 12-22-2022, 01:57 PM

I had an interesting situation. We typically register our boat and wave runner by mail. This year, we only received the renewal application for the wave runner. The application for the boat was lost in the mail. (My wife can see the mail that is to be delivered on her phone and noticed that we should have received the application for the boat the same day that we received the application for the wave runner.)

Anyway, I called the Boat Desk, and the woman stated that I should make a photo copy of last year's boat registration and mail that in with the check for last year's amount, along with our wave runner application. I put a note on the photocopy stating that the application to register the boat was lost in the mail.

Guess what?! We received both the boat and wave runner registrations yesterday! It worked!

Winnielove · 01-08-2023, 04:55 PM

As of today havve not received 2023 registration. Called DMV and they said they were sending out in batches and last batch went out Dec 31.

Anyone have this happen?

Thanks

TiltonBB · 01-08-2023, 07:11 PM

I have already received 3 registrations renewal forms and actually have one registered (and used) for 2023. They arrived in the mail spread out over about 7 days.

Leoskeys · 01-11-2023, 07:06 PM

I received one registration and sticker in November and have not received my other boats registration “bill” at all. Seems odd.

Leoskeys · 01-17-2023, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Winnielove

As of today havve not received 2023 registration. Called DMV and they said they were sending out in batches and last batch went out Dec 31.

Anyone have this happen?

Thanks

Did you ever get yours in the mail? I received one in November but not the other. I called DMV today. After waiting on hold for 30 minutes I finally got someone and they said mine must have been lost in the mail because the last batch went out at end of December.

12-20-2022, 09:11 PM	#1
waukewanderer Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Boat registrations If more than one boat is registered in NH, does the DMV send both registration bills at once, or is each mailed separately? I received one a few weeks ago, but not the other yet. Just making sure.

12-21-2022, 08:06 AM	#4
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,106 Thanks: 2,345 Thanked 5,132 Times in 1,993 Posts	Same Same here! Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

12-21-2022, 12:33 PM	#11
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,218 Thanks: 1,288 Thanked 1,576 Times in 1,023 Posts	Fees and taxes There is a registration fee and a tax. In general the tax goes to the taxing authority, town or state, depending on where you pay. If you pay in Gilford, at the Town Clerk's office or a marina, the tax goes to the town. My recollection is that this amounts to $300-$400K in Gilford. Historically, the Gilford Island Association has encouraged islanders to pay in Gilford to support Glendale. If you register at MP HQ in Glendale, there is no local benefit. There is also a $5 agent's fee collected by whatever agent does the paperwork. If you mail to Concord or MP HQ, there is no agent, so no $5. Buried in the state registration fee, there is money for Fish & Game, Milfoil, Navigation Safety Fund, etc. There is even $1 available to Town Clerks since the law authorizing them to do registrations would be an unfunded mandate if that $1 weren't there. Much of this used to be printed on the back of the old registration, deleted when the forms changed.

12-22-2022, 01:57 PM	#12
Major Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Laconia Posts: 1,073 Thanks: 443 Thanked 1,017 Times in 423 Posts	Boat Desk I had an interesting situation. We typically register our boat and wave runner by mail. This year, we only received the renewal application for the wave runner. The application for the boat was lost in the mail. (My wife can see the mail that is to be delivered on her phone and noticed that we should have received the application for the boat the same day that we received the application for the wave runner.) Anyway, I called the Boat Desk, and the woman stated that I should make a photo copy of last year's boat registration and mail that in with the check for last year's amount, along with our wave runner application. I put a note on the photocopy stating that the application to register the boat was lost in the mail. Guess what?! We received both the boat and wave runner registrations yesterday! It worked!

01-08-2023, 04:55 PM	#13
Winnielove Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: tuftonboro Posts: 11 Thanks: 25 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Late boat registration As of today havve not received 2023 registration. Called DMV and they said they were sending out in batches and last batch went out Dec 31. Anyone have this happen? Thanks

12-20-2022, 09:33 PM	#2
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,209 Thanks: 186 Thanked 310 Times in 227 Posts	Separately. Mine came a few weeks apart.

12-21-2022, 09:21 AM	#5
Seaplane Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,177 Thanks: 664 Thanked 943 Times in 368 Posts	Here too. I have several boat registrations that all came in separate envelopes at separate times. It would be nice if the State could consolidate them into one envelope, thus saving postage, and also hassle to the owners.

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12-21-2022, 10:33 AM	#6
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,903 Thanks: 472 Thanked 683 Times in 381 Posts	Together and separate, usually multiple times for me.

12-21-2022, 10:39 AM	#7
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 2,956 Thanks: 675 Thanked 2,179 Times in 916 Posts	I mailed mine back to the Gilford Clerk's office with the $5 added for the town. My understanding is that the town gets a portion of the registration fee if you do it that way. If you mail the renewal to the state the town does not get the money.

12-21-2022, 12:04 PM	#9
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 2,956 Thanks: 675 Thanked 2,179 Times in 916 Posts	When I spoke to one of the women at the Gilford Clerk's office this morning she told me that they got some of the fee too, but only if it is done at the town. That could be wrong. I haven't confirmed it.

12-21-2022, 12:27 PM	#10
thinkxingu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 6,120 Thanks: 1,159 Thanked 2,023 Times in 1,250 Posts	Does anybody know for sure? Honestly, I would rather all my money go to MP, so if the town gets more than the $5, I'd skip town hall. Sent from my SM-G990U1 using Tapatalk

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01-08-2023, 07:11 PM	#14
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 2,956 Thanks: 675 Thanked 2,179 Times in 916 Posts	I have already received 3 registrations renewal forms and actually have one registered (and used) for 2023. They arrived in the mail spread out over about 7 days.

01-11-2023, 07:06 PM	#15
Leoskeys Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 148 Thanks: 131 Thanked 27 Times in 21 Posts	I received one registration and sticker in November and have not received my other boats registration “bill” at all. Seems odd.