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Originally Posted by Descant
More recently, I bought a boat that was documented in MA. Because MA is a title state, the title company wanted $500 to transfer the documentation to me. NH is not a title state, so I kept my $500 and bought bow numbers.
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I did it myself. It cost me all of $92 as the CG fees (exchange of documentation and bill of sale fee) from the Coast Guard. I changed the name/port at the same time as changing the ownership.
The CG NVDC fees are spelled out here:
http://www.uscg.mil/nvdc/instr/fee%20sch.pdf
It's very easy, just fill out the paperwork and mail it in.
Here is a link showing what to do:
http://www.uscg.mil/nvdc/nvdcfaq.asp#24
I did it myself for chain of title peace of mind issues. Since NH isn't a title state, and my boat was previously Documented as being owned by someone else, I wanted to be sure that the chain of documentation showed that I was now the owner.
Even though everyone at the dealership told me it was very expensive to change/update the documentation, and they said they never knew anyone that did it themselves, as it was very complicated (their words), I found the process easy, and the people at the CG NVDC were very helpful and friendly on the phone.