To find a boat owner’s name, use the following link to apply for an Abstract of Title. 

An Abstract of Title will include the managing owner of a documented vessel as well as the ownership history of a vessel and the status of any encumbrances/liens on the vessel. 

You can find boat owners of documented vessels by using the following link to apply for a Coast Guard Abstract of Title. 

This Abstract of Title will include the managing owner of a documented vessel as well as the ownership history of a vessel and the status of any encumbrances/liens on the vessel. 

Another way to find the managing owner’s name and address is through a Certified Copy of a Certificate of Documentation. Anyone can use this link to obtain a Certified Copy of a National Documentation Center Certificate of Documentation.

To learn more about a vessel on the yacht registry (or, to be more precise, the United States Coast Guard Registry of Documented Vessels), interested parties can use this link to conduct a vessel documentation search at our site. 

This search provides information about the vessel such as its name, Hull Identification Number (HIN), Official Number (ON), service information (endorsement and more), tonnage information, build year, and other information. Additionally, this search includes when the vessel’s Certificate of Documentation was issued and when it will expire. 

That search will not provide any information about the vessel’s owner. To learn that, use this form to apply for an Abstract of Title. 

If you’re looking for a yacht owner (or “yacht a owner,” a commonly mistyped phrase) our site can provide you with an application to find the owner, should the vessel in question be documented with the United States Coast Guard. 

To find the owner’s identity, use this form to apply for An Abstract of Title. 

An Abstract of Title will include the managing owner of a documented vessel as well as the ownership history of a vessel and the status of any encumbrances/liens on the vessel.