If you’re selling a commercial boat that has been registered with Transport Canada, then you will have to file the boat registration transfer form, which will make the whole sale official. Here’s how.
Boat Registration Transfer Form
When you first registered your vessel with Transport Canada, you were asked to file a form that properly linked the vessel to you as the owner. Ever since then, your boat has been registered under your name and address. This documentation shouldn’t stay with you should you and the vessel ever part ways.If you sell the boat to a new owner, you must submit the corresponding boat registration transfer form to Transport Canada to ensure the proper transfer of documentation to the new owner upon completing the sale. This transfer process is straightforward, but it’s also easy to become overwhelmed by the application submission. Here, you can find everything you need to sail through this smoothly.
What You Need For the Transfer Form
To submit your transfer form, you will have to go through a similar process to that which you filed back when you first registered your boat with Transport Canada. You need to submit certain information about yourself as the current owner, as well as key identifying data about the vessel that will ensure the registration remains accurate. On top of that, you need to provide the contact information of the new owner who will be receiving ownership status over the vessel following the transfer. This way, it can be officially filed under the name of the new owner going forward and administratively divested from you as the seller. Remember that this is a process that the seller needs to carry out, not the buyer.
How to Send the Transfer Form
Once you have all the important information, it will be time to submit the corresponding paperwork to Transport Canada. Now, while this, like most bureaucratic processes, might seem intimidating at first, it really doesn’t have to be. It’s actually a fairly straightforward administrative application. Now, with the assistance of the National Vessel Registry Center, making it easier is possible. Our website, shows you the form you need to submit, as well as the platform for you to submit it. It won’t take long for you to fill it out and submit it, and after a few days you should be receiving the certification proving that the transfer has taken place. If you need help at some point, feel free to reach out to our team and we’ll help you out.
File For Your Vessel Transfer
No one likes to do paperwork, especially when it comes to government agencies and complicated bureaucracies. As a boat owner here in Canada, you have to take care of your boat registration or pleasure craft licence. However, it doesn’t have to be that complex or frustrating. Our team here at the National Vessel Registry Center have made applications and paperwork submissions a lot easier for you. Take a look at our menu and find the forms that you need to submit. Should you need, feel free to contact us for help filling them out.
