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6 | Boating Safety Info: 402-471-5462 TITLE Who Must Obtain a Title – All first- time owners of newly acquired motorized vessels must obtain a title from the county treasurer in the county where the owner resides before the county treasurer will issue or renew a registration. A boat must be titled before it may be sold. All boats made before 1972 are exempt from titling, but not from registration. Hull Identification Number – Federal law requires all boats manufactured after Nov. 1, 1972, including homemade boats, display a 12 -character Hull Identification Number (HIN). • The character of each HIN must be at least one-quarter inch high and located to the starboard outboard side of the transom within 2 inches of the top of the transom, gunwale or hull/deck joint, whichever is lowest. • If a motorboat has no HIN and is newer than a 1972, a new one must be obtained from the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) before a title and registration can be issued. Applications for HIN are available from the DMV or county treasurer. • Any person who operates a motorboat that requires a certificate of title without having that title is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. • Any person who operates a motorboat that requires a HIN without that number is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. Common HIN: stamped into fiberglass of transom ABC45678A494 Photo credits: Front cover: NEBRASKAland Magazine/NGPC Page 14: Nebraska Invasive Species Program Page 15: Thinkstock Page 19: NEBRASKAland Magazine/NGPC Page 20: NEBRASKAland Magazine/NGPC

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