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Within a week of completing your course and passing your exam, you should be able to purchase your certificate from your home computer by going to the Online Sportsman Licensing system. The fee for the Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation is $50.00. Use your Date of Birth and Conservation ID Number to log in and follow the instructions to purchase the Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation. You will need a printer to print your certificate and sales receipt. The printed certificate is your official document. After signing it, you must carry it whenever you operate your vessel. In the event of printer or user error, you will be allowed to reprint your certificate at any time by logging back into the system. For those that do not have access to a computer, you may go to the DEEP Processing Office or use a computer at a local library. If you completed a boating safety course a long time ago, you will need to obtain a Connecticut Conservation Identification Number to purchase your certificate. See Conservation ID Number above for further instructions or obtain an ID number from one of our DEEP Processing Offices. Bring your diploma to a DEEP Processing Office with the $50 fee. If you have already applied for the Conservation Identification Number you can simply pay the fee and show your approved diploma. If you purchase and register a new or used boat and do not have a Safe Boating Certificate, you may apply for a Temporary Safe Boating Certificate. It is valid for three months from the date of vessel registration. Within that time, you must qualify for and obtain a permanent Safe Boating Certificate in order to operate after the temporary certificate expires. If you purchase a new or used personal watercraft and do not qualify for a Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation, you may apply for a Temporary Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation after you have registered the vessel and have completed an approved Safe Personal Watercraft Handling Course. The temporary certificate is valid for three months from the date of vessel registration. Within that time, you must qualify for and obtain a Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation, allowing you to operate your craft after the temporary certificate expires. The fee for a Temporary SBC or Temporary CPWO is $50.00. No person shall be issued more than one temporary certificate. An application for a Temporary Safe Boating Certificate must be obtained at a DEEP Processing Office. Reprint Your Certificate a.k.a Duplicate Certificate All duplicate certificates will be available online for you to print free of charge. If you have a Connecticut Hunting or Fishing license, the Conservation ID Number associated with your license will also have your Safe Boating or Personal Watercraft certificate information associated with it. If you do not have a hunting or fishing license, you were automatically assigned a Conservation ID Number when the boating data was imported into the licensing system. If you have had a hunting or fishing license in the past couple of years or took a Hunter Education Course in CT from 1982 on, you are already in the system with a Conservation ID Number. We did our best to match your boating license information to your hunting/fishing license information. By doing this, all of your hunting/fishing and boating information will be tied to your permanent Conservation ID Number. If you require assistance finding out what your Conservation ID Number is, please contact the Boating Division at 860-434-8638. To print a certificate: You can print a copy of your certificate for free. Content last updated July 7, 2017. |
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