CHAPTER 38BOAT REGISTRATION AND NUMBERING[Prior to 12/31/86, Conservation Commission[290] Ch 28]57138.1(462A) Emblem placed. The current registration emblem shall be placed four inches toward the stern of the registration number on each side of the bow of the vessel. On the port side the emblem will be four inches behind the registration number, and on the starboard side four inches in front of the registration number.On sailboats, when the registration number is placed on the mast as permitted by 571—paragraph 38.19(1)“a,” the registration emblem shall be placed four inches below the registration number on each side of the mast.All newly registered boats or boats with renewed registrations will receive emblems with the registration certificate.This rule shall apply to all registered vessels, including those being used by dealers in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 462A.The requirements of this chapter pertaining to the display of registration decals, registration numbers and passenger capacity numbers do not apply to vessels that are exempt pursuant to Iowa Code section 462A.6A.This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 462A.5 and 462A.6A.57138.2 Reserved.57138.3 Reserved.57138.4 Reserved.57138.5 Reserved.57138.6(462A) Procedure for application for boat registration number—content. 38.6(1) Application. The following information shall be submitted on DNR Forms 542-8067 and 542-2000: a. Name and address of owner. b. Present number (if any). c. Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other). d. Type of propulsion (outboard, inboard, other). e. Length and width of boat. f. Make and model year. For home-built vessels, the year that construction is started shall serve as the model year. g. Statement as to use. h. Signature. i. From whom purchased (name and address). 38.6(2) Vessels not previously registered. If a person is making application for a boat registration number for a used vessel that has never before been registered or titled and the person does not have any satisfactory proof of ownership, the county recorder may issue a certificate of number for the used vessel if the applicant has provided the recorder with a signed and notarized affidavit, on DNR Form 542-8074, stating that the person making the application is the lawful owner of the vessel.57138.7 Reserved.57138.8 Reserved.57138.9 Reserved.57138.10(462A) Information on certificate. The certificate of number (DNR Form 542-0540) shall show the following:
- Name and address of boat owner.
- Number issued.
- Expiration date.
- Make, or model, or type of boat.
- Hull material (wood, steel, aluminum, plastic, other).
- Length and width of vessel.
- Propulsion (inboard, outboard, other).
- Maximum capacity rating (number of persons).
- Decal audit number.
- If vessel is required to be bonded, date of bonding.