5-year USCG online renewal???

[waterman46]

Originally Posted by s/v michaela

I got one.. I just called the documentation center and asked how to do it. The docs had to be in a pdf and sent in through an email. The payment was 130 through the govt web site. Not a big deal.
Sure is a lot of strange answers from the armchair crowd....

Did you add a note on your pdf that you wanted 5 yr renewal?

[s/v michaela]

Yes.. it was emailed stating the registration was for 5 years. I did resend the payment in because I didnt get a receipt from the nvdc ...... turns out that they did receive it but refused to give me a refund so I ended up spending $260 rather than $130. Thanks uncle sam... hope you put the extra $130 to good use....

[Joe Abbott]

Our 2019 USCG COD Renewal Process.


We first went to the National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) website and downloaded and reviewed the new submission requirements contained in a PDF file titled, Certificate Of Documentation Application For Renewal (NVDCINST 16713). The instructions were pretty clear - the online Pay.gov website was to be used ONLY for a 1-year COD renewal; the 5-year COD renewal required the submission of approved USCG forms available on their website.


We downloaded the following PDF files from the NVDC Instructions and Forms webpage.

• CG-1280 Renewal of Certificate of Documentation
• CG-7042 Credit Card Form
• Filing of Instruments via .pdf/Fax/Mail

We easily filled out the CG-1280 Renewal of Certificate of Documentation form in a few minutes - it has detailed instructions printed right on the form.


When we filled out the CG-7042 Credit Card Form, we followed the requirements identified in the PDF file titled, Certificate Of Documentation Application For Renewal (NVDCINST 16713). On the CG-7042 form, in section L. INDICATE SERVICE REQUIRED, we checked the block "Application for Renewal $26.00". We also checked the block "Other" and filled in the entry fields as follows: Other __2-5 YEAR RENEW__ Amount $ 104.00_. This results in block I. AMOUNT OF CHARGE being filled in as $130.00. The rest of the form CG-7042 was filled out as required.


Both filled out forms, CG-1280 and CG-7042, were scanned and made into an single PDF file. This PDF file was attached to an email and sent to the NVDC at email address NVDC.PDF.FILING@uscg.mil per the instructions in PDF file, Filing of Instruments via .pdf/Fax/Mail.


More of what we did is at: https://www.sailingindra.com/2019/04...documentation/