The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 23 : Motor Vehicles

Chapter 029 : Snowmobiles, Vessels, and Water Sports

Subchapter 002 : Vessels

• § 3307a. Documented motorboat validation sticker

  (a) Annual validation required.

  (1) An owner of a motorboat that has been registered in another state under a federally approved numbering system, or that has a valid document issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or any other federal agency, and that is used in the waters of the State for at least 60 days in any calendar year shall apply annually to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for validation of the out-of-state or federal registration of that motorboat.

  (2) The Commissioner shall issue a validation sticker to any owner who submits an application and pays a fee as required by subsection (b) of this section, provided that the out-of-state or federal registration is valid and that the requirements of section 3322 of this title are met.

  (3) A validation sticker issued under this section shall be valid through December 31 of the year in which it is issued.

  (b) Application; fee. The owner of the motorboat shall:

  (1) submit an application, on a form that the Commissioner requires, signed by every owner of the motorboat to the Commissioner; and

  (2) pay to the Commissioner an application fee in the same amount as would be paid if the motorboat was being registered under subsection 3305(b) of this title.

  (c) Sale of motorboat. Within 30 days after the sale or other transfer of a motorboat that is or should be validated under this section:

  (1) the transferor shall give notice of the transfer to the Commissioner on a form that the Commissioner requires; and

  (2) if the transferee intends to continue to use the motorboat on the waters of the State for at least 30 days in any calendar year, he or she shall submit an application for validation and pay the fee as required by subsection (b) of this section.

  (d) Display of sticker. The validation sticker shall be displayed on or about the forward half of the motorboat.

  (e) Operation without sticker prohibited. Unless the motorboat that is subject to the validation requirement of this section displays a current validation sticker:

  (1) an individual shall not operate the motorboat on the waters of the State; and

  (2) the owner shall not knowingly permit the motorboat to be operated on the waters of the State. (Added 1987, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 1, 1991; 1997, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2019, No. 14, § 64, eff. April 30, 2019; 2021, No. 20, § 253; 2021, No. 76, § 15; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 428, eff. July 1, 2022.)