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Vessel Registration and Documentation Rules

State	Requires Non-powered Vessels be Registered	Requires Non-powered Vessels be Titled	Requires USCG Documented Vessels be Registered	Requires Vessels be Titled	Requires Outboard Motors be Reg/Titled	Requires Trailers be Reg/Titled
Alabama - AL	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Alaska - AK	NO	NO	YES	YES > 24FT	NO	Reg Only
Arizona - AZ	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Arkansas - AR	NO	NO	NO	YES -boats manf. on or after Jan 2020	NO	YES
California - CF	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES
Colorado - CL	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Connecticut - CT	NO	NO	YES	YES - 2017 and newer	NO	YES > 3000lbs
Delaware - DL	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
District of Columbia - DC	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES
Florida - FL	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	Yes > 2000lbs
Georgia - GA	NO	NO	YES	YES beginning July 2020	YES as part of the bh boat reg/title	Reg only
Hawaii - HA	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	Reg only
Idaho - ID	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	Yes > 2000lbs
illinois - IL	NO	NO	YES	YES (optional under 22ft)	NO	YES
Indiana - IN	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Iowa - IA	YES if > 12ft	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES > 2000lbs
Kansas - KA	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES > 2000lbs
Kentucky - KY	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES
Louisiana - LA	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Maine - ME	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES > 3000lbs
Maryland - MD	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Massachusetts - MS	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES > 3000lbs
Michigan - MC	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES > 2500lbs
Minnesota - MN	YES > 10ft	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES > 4000lbs
Mississippi - MI	NO	Optional	NO	Optional	Optional	YES > 5000lbs
Missouri - MO	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Montana - MT	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES
Nebraska - NB	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	Reg only
Nevada - NV	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
New Hampshire - NH	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES > 3000lbs
New Jersey - NJ	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES > 2500lbs
New Mexico - NM	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES
New York - NY	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES > 1000lbs
North Carolina - NC	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
North Dakota - ND	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Ohio, OH	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES > 9hp	YES > 4000lbs
Oklahoma - OK	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES > 10hp	NO
Oregon - OR	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES > 1800lbs boat/trailer combined
Pennsylvania - PA	NO unless used in state parks bh	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Rhode Island - RI	YES > 12ft	YES > 14ft	YES	YES	Reg only	YES > 3000lbs
South Carolina - SC	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES > 4hp	No
South Dakota - SD	NO if < 18ft	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Tennessee - TN	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Texas - TX	YES > 14ft	YES > 14ft	YES	YES	YES	YES > 4000lbs
Utah - UT	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES > 25hp	YES > 750lbs
Vermont - VT	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES > 1500lbs
Virginia, VA	NO	NO	Optional	YES	YES > 25hp on reg/title app	YES
Washington - WA	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
West Virginia - WS	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES
Wisconsin - WS	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES > 3000lbs
Wyoming - WY	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES

*Non-powered refers to canoes, kayaks, paddleboards, bh.

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