{"id":15652,"date":"2020-04-02T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15652"},"modified":"2020-04-02T00:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T05:31:19","slug":"twra-gives-advice-on-vessel-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/04\/02\/twra-gives-advice-on-vessel-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"TWRA gives advice on Vessel Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46127\" title=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency.gif\" alt=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRA\" width=\"140\" height=\"137\"><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; During the Coronavirus quarantine, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) understands the hardship individuals are experiencing due to many county offices offering limited services and\/or closing.<\/p>\n<p>If you are needing to pay sales tax on your vessel, the TWRA is encouraging you to call your county clerk\u2019s office to ensure they are open and that they will be able to assist prior to leaving your home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_311794\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Boating-1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311794\" class=\"wp-image-311794 size-medium\" title=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency advises you to call ahead to your county clerk's office before leaving home to pay your vessel's sales tax.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Boating-1-480x319.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency advises you to call ahead to your county clerk's office before leaving home to pay your vessel's sales tax.\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-311794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency advises you to call ahead to your county clerk&#8217;s office before leaving home to pay your vessel&#8217;s sales tax.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Be advised that the law states; &#8220;In order for your vessel to be legal for operation on Tennessee waterways, applicable Tennessee sales tax must be paid and application must be submitted to the TWRA for registration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, following the Governor\u2019s Executive Order and any further direction given through future Executive Orders, the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission has authorized Agency personnel to temporarily forgive those who aren\u2019t registered because of these closures.<\/p>\n<p>As such, it is advised that you keep a photo copy of your bill of sale in your vessel until such time that clerks reopen and taxes may be paid. This will allow you to present proof of ownership to an officer should you be stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; During the Coronavirus quarantine, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) understands the hardship individuals are experiencing due to many county offices offering limited services and\/or closing. If you are needing to pay sales tax on your vessel, the TWRA is encouraging you to call your county clerk\u2019s office to ensure they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[4844,12675,12712,549,284,4611,261,7197,608,7198,973],"class_list":["post-15652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-boat-registration","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-sales-tax","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-fish-and-wildlife-commission","tag-tennessee-wildlife-resources-agency","tag-tfwc","tag-twra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15653,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15652\/revisions\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}