What is the difference between this registration and that which is required by the Oregon State Marine Board?
A. Oregon state law (ORS 830.850 to 830.870) requires that owners of floating homes and boat houses obtain a certificate of title and identification plate from the Oregon State Marine Board. Once issued, this certificate of title serves as proof that the floating home or boat house belongs to the person named. The registration required by DSL authorizes the owner of an eligible non-commercial dock, float, boat house, floating recreational cabin and, in certain instances, water sport structure to legally occupy state-owned submerged and submersible land. Q. Why is DSL allowing some structures to be registered and not others? A. In 1996, the Land Board appointed an eighteen member Waterway Leasing Task Force to review and suggest changes to DSL’s Waterway Leasing Program. Among the findings of this Task Force was that owners of privately-owned, non-commercial docks, floats, boat houses, floating recreational cabins, and similar structures should be treated in a different manner than comm
