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Summer boating is right around the corner and so is the deadline for renewing boat and watercraft registration decals. In Washington, all boat registrations expire June 30.

Owners of boats and watercraft received a postcard in April informing them the Department of Licensing won't mail paper renewal reminders for boats and other watercraft anymore because the funding used to print and mail them was eliminated. The postcard invited these owners to sign up online at dol.wa.gov to receive renewal reminders by e-mail.

State officials will send out boat and watercraft

e-mail renewal reminders on June 9 to those who signed up for them. To receive one of these reminders, boat owners have to sign up at the Department of Licensing Web site (dol.wa.gov) no later than June 8.

Owners who sign up after this date will not receive a renewal reminder for their boat until next year.

Boat registrations can be renewed online or in person at a neighborhood vehicle licensing office. Those who choose to renew in an office should make sure to note the registration number on the bow of the boat or watercraft and take that information to the office.