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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – 2014 will be the first year of a new three-year registration period for boat owners in North Dakota. There will be an increase in license fees passed during the 2013 legislative session.

Price to register motorboats under 16 fee in length, and all canoes, increases from $12 to $18, motorboats between 16 and 20 feet from $24 to $36, and motorboats at least 20 feet in length from $33 to $45. Hunting and fishing license fees will increase April 1st.

The new boat registration cycle begins January 1st and runs through December 31st, 2016.

Boat registrations will be mailed by the end of December. In addition, boat registrations can be renewed online after Dec. 15 at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov, by clicking the online services link, and “watercraft registration and renewals” under the watercraft heading.

Boat owners who do not receive a renewal notice by February 1st should contact the Game and Fish Department at (701) 328-6335, or email ndgf@nd.gov. Many renewals are likely to be returned because some owners who moved within the last three years did not notify the department with their new address.