If you perform a vessel documentation search through our site, you’ll find pertinent vessel information such as the vessel’s name, its official number, flag, and hull identification number in addition to its tonnage information, service information, and dimensions.

According to 46 CFR 67.19. “a coastwise endorsement entitles a vessel to employment in unrestricted coastwise trade, dredging, towing, and any other employment for which a registry or fishery endorsement is not required.”

You can find a vessel’s USCG documentation number by conducting a search at our site. You can start with the form Foreign vessel title search request/transcript of registry or simply type in the vessel’s Official Number or HIN. Then, you’ll be provided with information about the vessel such as its documentation number, dimensions, particulars, tonnage information, the date its certificate of documentation was issued as well as the date it expires, and more.

On the Certificate of Documentation itself, you can find the documentation number in the top-center of the form.

To apply for several of our vessel documentation forms, the vessel owner will need to upload their own accompanying documentation. At all times, we do everything in our power to ensure that our clients’ information is protected.

Here at NVDC Renewal, we utilize SSL encryption, the very security available today. Moreover, we’re always looking for new ways to upgrade our security, so that we can continue to provide the best services to our customers.

A certified copy of documentation provides you with a legally-viable duplicate of your Certificate of Documentation. To be in compliance, you must have a Certificate of Documentation on board your documented vessel while in operation.

A non-certified copy is invalid, as is a picture, a photocopy, something in “the cloud,” and so forth. If your Certificate of Documentation is lost or mutilated, you must have a Certificate of Documentation to maintain your documentation.

Yes, they will. The NVDC mails renewal CG-128 notices to the addresses of all managing owners. This is done 45 days before your Certificate of Documentation’s expiration date.

Hopefully, you are never in any kind of boating accident, whether you have a documented vessel or any other kind. However, in the event that you are, there are certain protocols that you have to follow.
 
To wit, you have to report to your State reporting authority if on your vessel:
 
Someone dies.
Someone is injured and requires medical treatment beyond what first aid can provide.
Any damage to the vessel and other property exceeds $2,000 or more.
There is a complete loss of any vessel.
Someone disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death or injury.

Yes, you do. Coast Guard documented vessels also have to be registered in New Mexico.

No. If you have a documented vessel in the state of Mississippi, then you do not have to register it with the state.

No, you don’t. If you have a USCG documented vessel, a vessel that is documented with the Coast Guard, then you do not have to register it in the state of Alaska.

Vessel owners can use this link for Coast Guard renewal documentation.

Documentation must be renewed every year. Through our site, vessel owners with a “Recreational” endorsement will have the option to renew their documentation for up to five years in advance.

Vessel owners can use this link to renew their Certificate of Documentation.

Documentation must be renewed annually. At our site, vessel owners with a “Recreational” endorsement have the option to renew their documentation for up to five years.