Hi PastorT,
You should have no trouble whatsoever with a boat registered in Connecticut.
Just to expand on the idea of registering boats in NH while residing in another state. I ran into this situation when I owned a place on Merrymeeting Lake while my primary residence was Massachusetts.
Since the boat was to stay in NH all summer (ie more than 30 consecutive days) legally I had to register the boat in NH. From there it gets a bit more cloudy. The NH marina from which I bought the boat took care of the boat registration, but recommended registering the *trailer* in Massachusetts... not exactly sure why (it was several years ago).
The tax issue is even less clear. It is my understanding that massachusetts residents ARE required to pay sales tax, even though the boat is registered in NH. Many people don't (since you normally pay the tax when you register the boat in MA) and it can be somewhat difficult to track (unless NH decided to get generous with registration information!). I believe there *may* be some type of exception for vehicles *delivered* to NH, never to be seen in Massachusetts ... ie a camper that is delivered directly to a campground for a permanent stay.
Not that this really clears anything up!
Massachusetts *really* wants all the taxes it can get!!!!
Cheers....
Gusman
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