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“But my neighbor got his documentation in three weeks.”
That's great for your neighbor.
Unfortunately, the Coast Guard does not offer a neighborhood matching program. We handle the file in front of us, not the one your neighbor had.
Paid off the boat ten years ago?
Great.
Did anyone tell the Coast Guard? That's a different question — and it tends to surface the week you decide to sell.
Waiting on the Coast Guard?
A deficiency can reset the wait.
Your original filing date is retained, but answering a deficiency puts the file back into the NVDC processing queue. Here’s what that means for your timeline.
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