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| Titling & Registration of Your Watercraft All motorized boats, regardless of length or type, must be titled and registered in Oregon. Sailboats 12 feet or longer must also be titled and registered. Registration and title fees and marine fuel taxes support boating facilities, marine law enforcement and boating safety education. You can handle many registration and title actions by mail. Or, you can title/register your boat locally at one of nearly 125 bonded registration agents around the state. An owner who doesn't receive a renewal notice but whose decals are expiring can renew without the notice. Send the fee, name, address, telephone and boat registration number to Oregon State Marine Board, P. O. Box 14145, Salem OR 97309-5065. Questions? E-mail us at Marine.Board@state.or.us, or call the Marine Board at (503) 378-8587; for TTD 1-800-648-3458. Many dealerships statewide are also agents who can issue you a temporary permit when you apply for title and/or registration for a small fee. The temporary permit allows you to use your boat right away while your application is being processed and is valid for 60 days. You must carry your temporary permit on board while boating until you receive your Certificate of Number (registration card) and if applicable, registration decals. If you bought your boat from a private party, you can apply for title and registration with one of the agents and receive a temporary permit or mail a completed Application for Boat Title with fees to the Marine Board. In Salem our office hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. For more detailed information, please refer to the Questions and Answers page. Once the Application for Boat Title has been completed by the Marine Board, the boat owner will receive a Certificate of Title (title) and Certificate of Number (registration card) and if applicable, registration decals. New boats will be assigned an OR# and registration decals. The Certificate of Number (registration card) and decals are issued on a two calendar year basis. The expiration date is December 31 of the year indicated. Renewal notices are mailed to boaters the last day in October of the year their decals expire. You may renew beginning November 1st in any of the following ways:
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