Friday, December 14, 2018

VDGIF Proposal Suggests Higher Boat Registration and Titling Fees


Before you start planning how to spend every last dime of those pay raises set to hit your paychecks the first of the year (if you're lucky enough to have one coming at all), I recommend you take note of a proposal VDGIF has put forth.

Seems these folks need some help making ends meet, too, or as they explained it, "to provide services adequately at the high standard of support that has come to be expected by all those who enjoy boating in Virginia."

As outlined in their Proposed Regulation Amendment 4VAC15-380-120, they want to raise all certificate of registration and titling fees by $5. The new certificate of registration fees would be as follows:

     * For a motorboat under 16 feet, $32
     * For a motorboat 16 feet to less than 20 feet, $36
     * For a motorboat 20 feet to less than 40 feet, $42
     * For a motorboat 40 feet and over, $50
     * For first 10 actively registered motorboats by the same owner, $32
     * For more than 10 actively registered motorboats by the same owner, $26
     * For a duplicate certificate of registration and/or decal, $14

Here are the new certificate of title fees that would apply:

     * Original title, $10
     * Duplicate title, $7
     * Change of motor on title, $7
     * Record supplemental lien on previously titled watercraft, $10

To submit your comments about this proposal in person, attend the 9 a.m., Jan. 24, 2019 meeting of the board, which will be held at 7870 Villa Park Drive, Suite 400, Henrico, VA 23228. You also can postal-mail your comments to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Attn: Policy Analyst and Regulatory Coordinator, P.O. Box 90778, Henrico, VA 23228, or email them to regcomments@dgif.virginia.gov. If using this latter online system, though, you first have to identify yourself by accessing this link: https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/regulations/public-comment-user-details/ and completing the fields provided. Be advised, however, that all comments submitted other than at the Jan. 24, 2019 meeting must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2018.


Reprinted from The Outdoor Report, produced by VDGIF.

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