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USCG Documented Boat & LDWF Registration Decal?

Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:37 am
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8579 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:37 am
Anyone here have a USCG Documented boat, specifically in Louisiana? Basically just have a question about where you've placed your LDWF registration decal. According to LDWF we don't have to fly their registration numbers, but have to fly the registration decal. Did you put in on the hull in the normal spot? Put it on the console?

Currently running without anything as LDWF is crazy behind/slow, and I'm liking the hull being bare
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:51 am to
Buddys is on console
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8579 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 11:50 am to
Good to know, I'd asked a LDWF agent about the console and didn't really get a clear answer.
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 7/16/26 at 12:27 pm to
Imagine that
Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
11622 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 12:46 pm to
I bought a boat in early March ... Still no registration. They sure took my taxes though
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8579 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 1:13 pm to
I've called and checked a few times, something about they switched to a new computer system that put them extremely behind, when I called about 2 weeks ago they were on paperwork submitted in mid-March. So you should be close, we submitted in March as well and they just cashed the check so I'm assuming the decal will arrive any day now.

ETA: This boat was bought back in July 2025, if you think LDWF is bad, the USCG finally got us our paperwork March 2026.
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 1:16 pm
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 7/16/26 at 2:07 pm to
I plan to send my uscg renewal back in March of 27 for my August renewal.
Posted by Purple Spoon
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Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 7/16/26 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

bought a boat in early March ... Still no registration. They sure took my taxes though



December for me.
Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
11622 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 6:13 pm to
quote:

bought a boat in early March


I got my registration today. 5 months
Posted by Beer did clam
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Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:51 pm to
I have a documented boat. LA reg. Numbers and decal is on the bow, documentation number on placard in salon.
Mine is a sailboat and it seems DWF LEO USCG usually don’t look twice.
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8579 posts
Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:09 am to
Our just came in too. I'd called early last week to check since they'd cashed the check back in early July and nothing in the mail. Apparently the newest mess was any registration processed in late June/early July all had to be reprinted before being mailed out. Took them nearly 5 months to get the registration handled.
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