Where Do You Register A Boat

Boat Registration and Titles – Frequently Asked Questions

Office Locations

• Where can I become my boat registration/title and outboard motor title processed?
• I don't want to mail my original documents, what are my options?
• What methods of payment are accepted?

Tax

• How much is boat / outboard motor revenue enhancement and when is information technology due?

Registration

• Practice I need to register my boat?
• How do I renew my registration?
• How much does it cost to renew my boat registration?

Title

• Do I demand to have a Texas title in my name for my boat and outboard motor?
• Why does TPWD show a lien on my boat and/or outboard motor if I paid it off?

Replacements – Titles, Registration Decals, Certificate of Number Cards

• How practise I replace a lost or destroyed title for my gunkhole and/or outboard motor?
• How do I supplant lost or destroyed registration decals?
• How practice I get a replacement or additional Certificate of Number ID Card?

Out-of-State

• Can I utilise my boat in Texas if it is registered in some other state?
• How exercise I register my gunkhole in Texas if it is already registered and/or titled in some other state?
• I bought a boat and/or outboard motor that's registered and/or titled in another land. How do I transfer ownership and get Texas boat registration/championship and/or Texas outboard motor championship?

Transfer of Ownership

• How do I transfer my Texas boat registration/title and Texas outboard motor title?
• How do I notify TPWD that I have sold/no longer own my boat OR that I have moved the registration to another land/country?

Owner and/or Lien Holder Information

• How can I go current owner and/or lien holder data on a gunkhole and/or outboard motor?

Ownership History

• How tin can I become the history on a boat and/or outboard motor?

Address Changes

• How practice I modify the address of a boat that is currently registered in my proper name?

Boat Trailer

• Where practise I get my boat trailer transferred?

Licensed Marine Dealer, Distributor or Manufacturer

• How do I go a licensed marine dealer?
• How do I get a licensed marine distributor or manufacturer?
• How practise I renew my marine license?
• How exercise I transfer my license?
• How practice I right or update my marine license?
• How do I obtain an additional or replace a lost or destroyed validation card and decal?

DISCLAIMER: Due to unique situations, the information above may not exist all inclusive. If your situation is non specifically discussed, please call the Boat Information Hotline at 800-262-8755.

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Office Locations

Where can I become my gunkhole registration/title and outboard motor championship processed?

To protect public wellness and minimize the risks associated with the spread of COVID-19, all customers are highly encouraged to engage in alternatives to doing business in person with TPWD.

• Online Boat Registration – Renew registration, obtain replacement documents and more online. See bachelor online gunkhole registration options.
• Mail-in Boat Requests – Mail ownership transfer transaction requests to your nearest TPWD Law Enforcement Function.

All required forms must exist completed in full and submitted together with any required application fees, supporting documents, and any boat/outboard motor taxes due.

• Gunkhole Forms
• Fee Chart
• Taxation Calculator

I don't want to postal service my original documents, what are my options?

• For the quickest processing, new title/registration transactions, ownership transfers, and other transaction types that cannot be completed online are highly encouraged to be mailed to your nearest TPWD Law Enforcement Office.  Unsure almost sending original documents through the mail?  We recommend, but do not require, that transactions are mailed via an available tracking method (USPS delivery confirmation, UPS, FedEx or other commitment service) and that copies of all original documentation sent are made and retained past the sender.
• In-person appointments are bachelor at TPWD Police Enforcement Offices.
• Contact a participating Taxation Assessor-Collector Function to see if your transaction may be candy at that place.

What methods of payment are accepted?

Greenbacks, checks and money orders are accustomed at all locations. Credit and debit cards are not accepted at TPWD locations for boat related transactions. Acceptance of credit and debit cards at Revenue enhancement Assessor-Collector locations is upwards to the discretion of each private tax office location.

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Tax

How much is boat / outboard motor tax and when is it due?

TPWD is required by police to collect tax for vessels/boats (115 feet or less in length) and outboard motors purchased in Texas or brought into Texas on or later on January one, 2000.

The tax charge per unit is 6.25% of the sales price. Use the taxation reckoner.

Tax is due:

• Inside 45 working days from the date of auction or date brought to Texas when purchased on or after September 1, 2019, or
• Within 20 working days from the date of sale or date brought to Texas when purchased prior to September 1, 2019.

Applications filed after the engagement the tax is due are subject to tax penalties and interest.  When mailed, applications are considered "filed" the date they are postmarked.

NOTE: TPWD does not have the say-so to waive or exempt tax, punishment or involvement due. Tax law and policy is under the sole authority of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Currently there is no extension or waiver for boat / outboard motor taxation due to COVID-19. A Taxpayer may submit Form 57-200, Texas Claim for Refund of Boat and Gunkhole Motor Tax (PDF) to the Comptroller of Public Accounts to request a refund of penalisation / interest paid.

New Resident Tax — $15.00. New Resident tax is assessed (not sales or utilize tax) for owners who previously resided in another country who are bringing their previously titled or registered boat and/or outboard motor from that other land into Texas.

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Registration

Do I demand to annals my gunkhole?

Yes. The following vessels (when on Texas public water) are required past law to have current registration. This includes vessels that are docked or moored:

• All motorized vessels, regardless of length, including any sailboat with an auxiliary engine (motorized boats include boats propelled past a trolling motor); and
• All non-motorized vessels (including sailboats) 14 feet in length or longer; and
• USCG documented vessels.

Vessels Exempted from Registration— All not-motorized canoes, kayaks, punts, rowboats, or rubber rafts (regardless of length), or other vessels under 14 feet in length when paddled, poled, oared, or windblown; USCG documented commercial vessels used in coastal shipping; and vessels exceeding 115 feet in length.

How do I renew my registration?

Registration may be renewed as early every bit ninety days prior to the expiration appointment.

The possessor on TPWD record may renew registration by one of the post-obit methods:

How much does it cost to renew my gunkhole registration?

Fees for boat and outboard motor registration are available in the Outdoor Annual regulations.

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Title

Do I need to have a Texas championship in my proper noun for my boat and outboard motor?

Yes. The following are required to exist titled:

• All motorized vessels, regardless of length (including whatever sailboat with an auxiliary engine);
• All non-motorized vessels (including sailboats) 14 feet in length or longer; and
• All internal combustion (gasoline/diesel/propane powered) outboard motors must be titled.

Parks and Wildlife Code states:

"SUBCHAPTER B-1. CERTIFICATES OF Title FOR VESSELS AND OUTBOARD MOTORS

Sec. 31.045. OWNERSHIP OF VESSELS AND OUTBOARD MOTORS; CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.

(a) The ownership of a vessel or of an outboard motor is evidenced by a certificate of title issued by the department, unless the vessel or the outboard motor is new."

Vessels Exempted from Titling — USCG documented vessels, all not-motorized canoes, kayaks, punts, rowboats, or prophylactic rafts (regardless of length) or other vessels under xiv feet in length when paddled, poled, oared, or windblown.

Non-USCG documented vessels that are currently registered and not titled must be titled when transferred.

Why does TPWD show a lien on my boat and/or outboard motor if I paid it off?

This occurs when TPWD has not been notified that your lien has been satisfied. To notify and remove the lien data, the owner of record must apply for a replacement title with the lien released by submitting the Request to Release a Lien form PWD 403 (PDF 298.2 KB), and one of the post-obit:

• Championship with the lien release section signed by the lien holder; or
• Department N – Release a Lien on the form PWD 403 (PDF 298.2 KB) completed by the lien holder and notarized; or
• Separate notarized Release of Lien provided by the lien holder.

Submit with required fees to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Law Enforcement field office or a participating County Tax Assessor-Collector office. TPWD will mail a championship to you lot that does not show a lien.

Standard replacement titles impress 21 days later on beingness processed and are mailed from TPWD Headquarters. For an additional fee, y'all tin expedite the printing of a replacement title. Quick titles print one day subsequently being candy and are mailed from TPWD Headquarters. Fee Chart (PDF 430.2 KB)

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Replacements – Titles, Registration Decals, Certificate of Number Cards

How do I replace a lost or destroyed championship for my gunkhole and/or outboard motor?

Parks and Wildlife Code states:

"Sec. 31.053 TRANSFERS OF VESSELS AND OUTBOARD MOTORS

No person may sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of an interest in a vessel or an outboard motor without:

(5) delivering to the transferee a document of title for the vessel or outboard motor in the name of the transferor and properly endorsed to show the transfer or evidence of an involuntary transfer."

The owner of record must apply if at that place is no lien. If there is a lien on our record and the lien has not been paid, the lien holder must apply. If there is a lien on our record and the lien has been paid, the owner of record may utilize for a replacement title with the lien released by submitting form PWD 403 (PDF 298.2 KB), and one of the following:

• Section Due north – Release a Lien on the class PWD 403 (PDF 298.2 KB) completed by the lien holder and notarized; or
• Separate notarized Release of Lien provided by the lien holder.

Submit with required fees to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wild fauna Law Enforcement field function or a participating Canton Tax Assessor-Collector office.

Standard replacement titles print 21 days after being processed and are mailed from TPWD Headquarters. For an boosted fee, yous can expedite the printing of a replacement title. Quick titles print one day afterward being processed and are mailed from TPWD Headquarters. Fee Chart (PDF 430.2 KB)

How do I supplant lost or destroyed registration decals?

If you lot are the owner of record, your registration is electric current, and your decals take been lost or destroyed, y'all may Supersede Decals Online through the Texas Parks & Wildlife or Texas Online website.

Or you may submit form PWD 143M (PDF 206.8 KB) with required fees to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Police Enforcement field office or a participating County Taxation Assessor-Collector office.

The owner of record may authorize someone to obtain replacement decals for them in person or by postal service by completing Alphabetic character of Authorisation form PWD 581 (PDF 314.ane KB).

How do I get a replacement or additional Document of Number ID Carte?

If you are the owner of tape, your registration is current and you have lost or destroyed your ID Carte du jour, OR if you would like additional ID Menu(due south) you may Replace or Request Additional ID Bill of fare(s) Online through the Texas Parks & Wild fauna or Texas Online website.

Or you may submit class PWD 143M (PDF 206.8 KB) with required fees to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wild fauna Law Enforcement field office or a participating Canton Tax Assessor-Collector part.

The possessor of record may authorize someone to obtain replacement or boosted ID card(southward) for them in person or by mail past completing Alphabetic character of Authorization grade PWD 581 (PDF 314.1 KB).

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Out-of-State Registration

Can I use my gunkhole in Texas if information technology is registered in some other country?

If you have a vessel registered or titled in your proper name in another state yous may operate the vessel up to 90 consecutive days with electric current out-of-state registration.

Use tax is due and payable upon arrival in Texas. In lieu of paying use tax, a temporary employ tax allow may be obtained past submitting form PWD 1434 (PDF 147.one KB)to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Law Enforcement field office or a participating Canton Tax Assessor-Collector part.

Separate permits are required for each vessel and/or outboard motor. The fee for each allow is $150.00.

The permit is valid for 90 days and is non-renewable, non-transferable, and non-refundable. Only two temporary use tax permits may be issued for the same taxable vessel or taxable outboard motor inside a calendar year. The second let in a calendar year may non be issued earlier the 30th solar day afterwards the date the first permit expires.

How exercise I register my boat in Texas if it is already registered and/or titled in another state?

If you currently take your vessel registered and/or titled in your proper name in some other country you lot can transfer the registration/title to Texas. You must transfer your registration and title within 90 days and pay utilise tax or new resident taxation, as applicative, within 45 working days.

Submit the following to obtain Texas registration and title for a vessel:

Submit the following to obtain Texas title for an outboard motor:

I bought a gunkhole and/or outboard motor that's registered and/or titled in some other land. How do I transfer ownership and get Texas boat registration/championship and/or Texas outboard motor title?

The seller must:

The purchaser must:

• Complete the remainder of the application in the new owner's proper name, sign and date;
• Submit verification of the serial numbers by completing grade PWD 504 (PDF 62 KB) (with pencil tracing or photograph of the boat hull identification/serial number AND/OR motor identification/serial number); and
• Submit application(south), assigned registration/title(south), supporting documents, required fees and tax inside 45 days to Texas Parks & Wild animals Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wild animals Law Enforcement field office or a participating Canton Tax Assessor-Collector office.
• Applications for transfer of title and buying must be filed non later than 45 working days from date of purchase, or tax penalties and interest will be applied.

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Transfer of Ownership

How practice I transfer my Texas boat registration/championship and Texas outboard motor championship?

Purchasing Used Vessels/Outboard Motors – DO Not purchase a used vessel/gunkhole or outboard motor without receiving an original title (signed on the front and back) forth with a signed bill of sale from the person(southward) listed on the championship or from their legally documented representative. If a legal representative signs the title or bill of sale for the recorded owner(s), you lot must obtain a copy of the documentation authorizing the legal representative to deed on behalf of the possessor(due south). Texas Parks and Wild fauna is not authorized to annals/championship boat trailers, those are handled by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles through your local County Tax offices.

The seller must:

• Complete the tax affirmation portion of the Vessel/Boat Application form PWD 143 (PDF 259.5 KB) and/or Outboard Motor Application class PWD 144 (PDF 261.4 KB), sign and engagement each form; and
• If the vessel/boat or outboard motor is required to exist titled, the seller must provide one of the following in their name:
  • MSO (if brand new);
  • Texas title; or
  • Out of state title/registration (whichever is required by the previous state)
• On the back of the MSO, title or out of land title/registration, the seller must print the proper noun of the purchaser, sign, and appointment. Brown colored titles (newer format for vessels/boats & motors) have spaces on the back of the championship to fill in for the bill of sale information.
• If a hand written bill of sale is provided instead of on the title or signed tax affidavit portion on the PWD 143 and/or PWD 144, list the price of the trailer separately from the cost of the vessel/boat and outboard motor. A valid nib of sale must contain the appointment of sale, sales price (excluding trailer), description of the vessel/gunkhole and outboard motor (make, year, and TX or serial number), purchaser(south) name(s) and seller(s) signature(southward).

The purchaser must:

• Obtain the title signed on the back along with a bill of auction.
• Complete the rest of the awarding in the new owner's name, sign and engagement; and
• Out of state or not previously titled vessels/boats and motors must verify the serial number (HIN/MIN) by completing form PWD 504 (with pencil tracing or photograph of the vessel/boat hull identification AND/OR motor identification/serial number); and
• Submit awarding(s), assigned title(s), supporting documents, required fees and tax within 45 days to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Law Enforcement field office or a participating Canton Tax Assessor-Collector office.
• Applications for transfer of title and ownership filed afterward than 45 working days from engagement of purchase are subject to tax penalties and interest.

How practice I notify TPWD that I have sold/no longer ain my boat/outboard motor OR that I have moved the registration/title to some other state/country?

The owner on TPWD record may notify TPWD past using one of the following methods:

• Buying Transfer Notification Online through the Texas Parks & Wildlife website, or
• The completed form PWD 1340 (PDF 306.2 KB) can be mailed to TPWD Gunkhole Registration, 4200 Smith School Rd, Austin, TX 78744, or faxed to 512-389-4900, or scanned and attached to an email to boat.reg@tpwd.texas.gov.

Parks and Wildlife Code states:

Sec. 31.037. CHANGE IN Buying INTEREST; Discover TO DEPARTMENT.

(a) The recorded owner of a vessel numbered in this state shall notify the department not later than the 20th day subsequently the date:

1. of the transfer past sale, donation, gift, or other ways of all or any part of the owner'due south interest in the vessel, other than the cosmos of a security interest in the vessel;
2. of the devastation or disposal of the vessel; or
3. of the permanent removal of the vessel from this state to some other state or country.

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Owner and/or Lien Holder Information

How can I get the current owner and/or lien holder information on a gunkhole and/or outboard motor?

• Vessel/boat and outboard motor ownership data is, by law, public information. This information is available online through the Asking Ownership Information link on this website. You tin search by either a TX number or serial number. This service is available at no cost and y'all will exist required to enter a valid name and address prior to being provided with the information.
• You can obtain the make, length, expiration date, and confirmation of title or lien by calling 1-800-262-8755 or (512) 389-4828.
• If you need an owner or lien holder name and accost, and practice non have either the TX number or serial number, you can submit: Form PWD 763 (PDF 263.5 KB) to Texas Parks & Wild fauna Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wild animals Law Enforcement field office or a participating County Tax Assessor-Collector office.

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Buying History

How can I become the history on a boat and/or outboard motor?

Vessel/boat and outboard motor ownership information is, by police, public information and TPWD retains historical documentation for vessels/boats and outboard motors for a period of 10 years. To obtain the History, which provides a copy of all documents submitted for transactions on file for a vessel/gunkhole and/or outboard motor, submit:

• Class PWD 763 (PDF 263.v KB) and required fees to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wild animals Law Enforcement field office or a participating County Revenue enhancement Assessor-Collector office.
• All history requests will be fulfilled by TPWD Austin Headquarters within x days of processing.

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Address Changes

How exercise I change the address of a boat that is currently registered in my proper name?

Vessel/gunkhole owners are required by police force to notify TPWD of address changes. You may Update Address Online at no cost through the Texas Parks & Wildlife or Texas Online website.

Or yous may submit one of the following:

• Form PWD 143M (PDF 206.8 KB). Cheque detail M and complete the new address in item O; or
• Y'all may write a letter of the alphabet, which includes your vessel/boat TX Number and/or hull/series identification number, current mailing address, new mailing address, and signature.

Submit to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Law Enforcement field role or a participating County Tax Assessor-Collector function.

Notation: A new certificate of number carte du jour will not be printed if the request is submitted without a request for a new ID card and submission of the required fee of $xi.00.

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Boat Trailer

Where do I get my boat trailer transferred?

Texas Parks and Wildlife does not have the legal authority to process trailer registration. Please contact your local tax assessor-collector function for assistance with boat trailer registration.

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Licensed Marine Dealer, Benefactor, or Manufacturer

How do I go a licensed marine dealer?

To get a licensed dealer, you must be in the business of buying, selling, selling on consignment, displaying for sale, and exchanging vessels or outboard motors at an established or permanent place of business concern in the state of Texas. Each location must have a sign conspicuously displayed showing the name of the dealership so that information technology may be conspicuously seen by the public and have sufficient space to maintain an office, service surface area, and display of products.

The dealer application grade PWD 310 (PDF 142 KB) must be completed in full and submitted with the post-obit:

• Photographs of the business organization sufficient to evidence the required sign and infinite;
• Copy of the sales tax permit;
• Verification of assumed names (if applicable);
• List of dealer agreements; and
• Photocopy of the current driver'southward license of the possessor, president, or managing partner of the business concern.
• Submit application, supporting documents, and required $500.00 fee to Texas Parks & Wild animals Headquarters in Austin.

PWD 310 Supplemental Information – Rules and statutes pertaining to Dealer, Distributor and/or Manufacturer Licenses.

How exercise I become a licensed marine distributor or manufacturer?

To become a licensed benefactor or manufacturer, yous must be engaged in the business concern of manufacturing new and unused vessels and outboard motors for the purpose of auction or merchandise or offer for sale, sell, or process for distribution new vessels or outboard motors to dealers in the state of Texas.

The benefactor or manufacturer application form PWD 310 (PDF 142 KB) must be completed in total and submitted with the post-obit:

• Verification of assumed names (if applicable);
• Consummate listing of distributors, dealers, and representatives for a manufacturer; or
• Complete list of manufacturers represented by a distributorship.
• Submit application, supporting documents, and required $500.00 fee to Texas Parks & Wild animals Headquarters in Austin.

PWD 310 Supplemental Information – Rules and statutes pertaining to Dealer, Distributor and/or Manufacturer Licenses.

How practise I renew my marine license?

To renew your license, submit your renewal letter of the alphabet or a completed application grade PWD 310 (PDF 142 KB), the $500.00 renewal fee, and, if applicative, verification of all causeless names, to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin.

Dealers must also submit the following:

• Photocopy of the current driver'due south license of the possessor, president, or managing partner of the business;
• Copy of the sales tax permit; and
• List of dealer agreements.

Distributors and manufacturers must also return the following:

• Listing of manufacturers represented by a distributorship; or
• List of distributors, dealers, and representatives.

PWD 310 Supplemental Data – Rules and statutes pertaining to Dealer, Distributor and/or Manufacturer Licenses.

How practice I transfer my license?

To a new owner:

To transfer your license to a new possessor, complete in full the marine license application form PWD 310 (PDF 142 KB) and submit information technology along with the $500.00 fee, and, if applicable, verification of all assumed names, to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin

Dealers must also include the post-obit:

• Photographs of the business concern that show the required sign and space;
• Re-create of the sales tax permit;
• Copy of the current driver's license of the possessor, president, or managing partner of the business organisation; and
• List of dealer agreements.

Distributors and manufacturers must as well include the following:

• List of manufacturers represented past a distributorship; or
• List of distributors, dealers, and representatives.

To a new location (with the same possessor):

To transfer your license to a new location, complete the marine license awarding grade PWD 310 (PDF 142 KB) and submit it along with the $xi.00 fee, and, if applicable, verification of all assumed names, to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin.

Dealers must also include the following:

• Photographs of the concern that show the required sign and space; and
• Re-create of the sales tax allow.

PWD 310 Supplemental Information – Rules and statutes pertaining to Dealer, Distributor and/or Manufacturer Licenses.

How exercise I correct or update my marine license?

To correct or update information on your marine license other than ownership and location, submit a completed marine license application form PWD 310 (PDF 142 KB) and submit it to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin along with the $4.00 fee, and, if applicable, ane or more of the following:

• Verification of all assumed names
• Photographs of the business organisation that show the required sign and space
• Copy of the sales tax permit
• List of dealer agreements
• Listing of manufacturers represented by a distributorship
• List of distributors, dealers, and representatives

PWD 310 Supplemental Information – Rules and statutes pertaining to Dealer, Distributor and/or Manufacturer Licenses.

How do I obtain an additional or replace a lost or destroyed validation bill of fare and decal?

If your Marine License is electric current and yous wish to purchase an boosted or replace a lost or destroyed validation bill of fare and decal, submit:

Class PWD 310A (PDF 76.9 KB) and required fees to Texas Parks & Wildlife Headquarters in Austin, a Texas Parks & Wild animals Constabulary Enforcement field office or a participating County Tax Assessor-Collector office. Fee Chart (PDF 430.2 KB)

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DISCLAIMER: Due to unique situations, the information above may not exist all inclusive. If your situation is not specifically discussed, please call the Boat Data Hotline at (800) 262-8755.

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Source: https://tpwd.texas.gov/faq/fishboat/boat/registration_and_titles/

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