The point as explained to me by the Venice Fish & Wildlife nazi is that  he
doesn't care if it is illegal to have both state and federal registration in
your home state...like CA or TX. You are not there anymore, you are in Florida
and the law states that you must be registered in some state to be in
Florida.

They don't require you to show state numbers on the side, only a  state
registration sticker. You must be registered in some state to get the  permit.

When he got me I had a choice to make because I was going to leave the boat
in Venice for two weeks. I couldn't register it back home in Texas because it
was not possible at the time to be both state and federally registered. I
checked into a Delaware state registration and if I had gotten that I could have
gotten a 90 day permit to stay in Florida. As it turned out, since I had
owned  the boat longer than 180 days, it made more sense to register it in
Florida and  be done with the issue. The cost was something like $150.00. One thing
that was  interesting is that while I was registering it at the courthouse two
supervisors  walked over to the window to see if the clerk had collected
Florida Sales Tax  from me. Both times the clerk responded: "He has owned the boat
for several  years."

R. Lee

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I was referring to a federal regulation, which supersedes any state
regulation that contradicts them.  Also, registration can mean different
things to different people.  When we talk about boat registration, we
generally refer to the state registration system that requires numbers
displayed in the format of FL 1234 BC; where the first two letters
designating the state.  A documented boat can NOT be registered in that type
of state system legally - this is a Federal law not a state law.  Now,
states can require documented boats to apply for and display a decal for
that state, which some folks may consider being a registration, but it is
not.  I think everyone on this list agrees that Venice cop is wrong when it
comes to the CFR on this issue.

Greg Steckel

From: Ownyacht@aol.com [mailto:Ownyacht@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:18 PM
To: dd0267@gregsteckel.com; trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com
Subject: Re: T&T: Florida Tax Issues

The point as explained to me by the Venice Fish & Wildlife nazi is that he
doesn't care if it is illegal to have both state and federal registration in
your home state...like CA or TX. You are not there anymore, you are in
Florida and the law states that you must be registered in some state to be
in Florida.

They don't require you to show state numbers on the side, only a state
registration sticker. You must be registered in some state to get the
permit.

When he got me I had a choice to make because I was going to leave the boat
in Venice for two weeks. I couldn't register it back home in Texas because
it was not possible at the time to be both state and federally registered. I
checked into a Delaware state registration and if I had gotten that I could
have gotten a 90 day permit to stay in Florida. As it turned out, since I
had owned the boat longer than 180 days, it made more sense to register it
in Florida and be done with the issue. The cost was something like $150.00.
One thing that was interesting is that while I was registering it at the
courthouse two supervisors walked over to the window to see if the clerk had
collected Florida Sales Tax from me. Both times the clerk responded: "He has
owned the boat for several years."

R. Lee

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