Legacy Text Examples - Boat Registration Transactions (BQ/BR)

Boat Registration Legacy Specifications

This section describes the format and provides examples for Boat Registration queries and responses (BQ/BR).

The required format for inquiries and the optional format for responses are described in the sections that follow.

All messages will be preceded by a standard input header.
No embedded spaces or special characters (i.e. hyphens) should be in the inquiry.
All data elements are preceded by a prefix and terminated by a period with the exception of the last character of the message.
Control characters are permitted throughout the text of the message and should be ignored by the queried state when examining the inquiry.

Query Formats

The format for a boat inquiry is as follows.

Response Formats

The format presented below is a suggested guideline for participating states. States may follow this guideline; however, if they cannot, their own formats are permissible.

States not utilizing the suggested format should make every effort to insure that usage of special codes or abbreviations that would be difficult to understand by other states be kept to a minimum.
Data elements not available within a state's records may be omitted.
If the inquiry was processed and there was no information on file, a "no record" message is returned.
Positive responses should be compressed to eliminate spaces.

Suggested guidelines for boat registration responses are as follows.

Entry # Char. Explanation BR. 2 Message type followed by a period. Output Message
Header 68-82 Standard input message header, may include control
field. TXT 3 Fixed filed prefix to beginning of message. CR,LF,DEL 3 Control characters (optional). REG/ 4 Prefix to identify Registration number. Registration # 1-10 Registration number followed by a period. EXPIRES/ 4 Prefix to identify Expiration date. Expiration Date 2-8 Expiration date followed by a period; mmddyy or
ccyymmdd. BHN/ 4 Prefix to identify Boat hull number. Boat hull # Max.30 Boat hull number followed by a period; if boat has
more than 30 characters, use last 30. NAM/ 4 Prefix to identify name of owner. Owner's name Max.30 Name of owner in standard name format followed by a
period. DOB/ 4 Prefix to identify date of birth. Date of birth 6-8 Date of birth followed by a period; mmddyy or
ccyymmdd. OLN/ 4 Prefix to identify operator license number. Operators license # Max.20 Operator license # followed by a period. OLS/ 4 Prefix to identify operator license state. Operators license state 2

State code for state issuing state the license,
especially if not the state registering the boat followed
by a period.

OLY/ 4 Prefix to identify Operator license year. Operators license
expiration year 2-4 Year of expiration of license followed by a period. ADR/ 4 Prefix to identify address of registered owner. Address Max.68 Address of registered owner followed by a period. MAK/ 4 Prefix to identify manufacture's name. Make of boat 15 Name of manufacturer of boat followed by a period. YR BUILT/ 9 Prefix to identify year boat was built. YR built 2-4

Year the boat was built or assembled as distinguished
from year boat was sold or first registered, followed by
a period.

LENGTH/ 7 Prefix to identify boat length. Length of boat 3 Length of boat, rounded to nearest foot followed by a
period. HULL/ 5 Prefix to identify Hull material. Hull material 10

The material the hull of the boat is made of, may be
WOOD, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC, METAL (includes
steel and aluminum) or OTHER followed by a period.

PROPULSION/ 11 Prefix to identify Propulsion type. Type of propulsion 13 May be INBOARD, OUTBOARD, SAIL, SI (sail-
inboard), or MANUAL followed by a period. FUEL/ 5 Prefix to identify fuel. Type of fuel 8 May be GASOLINE, DIESEL, MANUAL, ELECTRIC or
OTHER followed by a period. USE/ 4 Prefix to identify Use of craft. Type of use 9 May be COMMERCIAL, PLEASURE, DEALER,
RENTAL, or OTHER followed by a period. TYPE/ 5 Prefix to identify type of boat. Type of boat Max.30

Use the NCIC field name to describe the type of boat
in question.
Do not use NCIC abbreviations. Include "BASS BOAT"
as a possible type of boat followed by a period.

Participating states that come up with multiple hits based on a single response are encouraged to utilize abridged or "index" response hits.

The inquirer could then examine the hit and make a second inquiry on exact registration number.
If there are too many index records for a single response, the state may send any part of the list. The inquirer would then have the option of requesting the remainder of the information or terminating the message.
Specific state-unique instructions should be provided within the index responses.

Boat Registration Legacy Examples

Example 1: Boat query by Registration number.

BQ.AZNLETS20.AZ.TXT
REG/XX1111XX

Example 2: Boat query by Hull number.

BQ.AZNLETS20.AZ.TXT
BHN/XXXXX111X111

Example 3: Boat query by Owner Name.

BQ.AZNLETS20.AZ.TXT
NAM/SMITH, JOHN.DOB/19500101

Example 4: Boat query by Coast Guard Number.

BQ.AZNLETS20.CG.TXT
CGN/1234567890

Example 5: Boat Registration response.

BR.AZ0000000
10:10 01/01/2010 01233
10:10 01/01/2010 51231 AZNLETS20
TXT
FROM-ARIZONA
DATE: 01/01/2010 TIME: 10:10:00
BQ.REG/XX1111XX
*R17-REGISTRATION MARINE RESPONSE
* THIS RECORD MAY BE RESTRICTED UNDER THE DRIVERS PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT *
REG/XX1111XX TITLE NO/ XX111111 EXPIRATION/15 TYPE/BOAT MODEL/2000DCPRO
OWNER NAME/SMITH, JOHN
ADDRESS/1234 ANY STREET
PHOENIX
AZ 85000
BMA/GAMBL YEAR/95 VIN/X1XXX11XX111
BLE/020.01 HUL/FGLAS PRO/O BHP/
BTY/BAS PUR DATE/010199 ISS DATE/010110 REG DATE/010110
PR TITLE/XX111111 USE/PLEASURE
DLN/
DCN/X111111 BCO/UNK
LIEN#1 NAME/CREDIT UNION
LSA/234 THAT DR
LCS/MESA
AZ LZP/85000 LIEN DATE/010298