Capt.Bill11
Guru
Doesn't mean to say you are legal, just not yet caught.
For a $27.50 user fee why take the risk?
https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/uftd-info
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/de...sion/L3RpbWUvMTQ5NjI0OTI0Ny9zaWQvZ0RQRVFZam4=
It's not about getting "caught".
They ask you on the phone if you have the decal. I just tell then "no" and they move on with clearing me in. In decades of doing this with boats of all sizes, it's never once been any big deal to not have the decal.
I'm not saying don't get one, just that you will not be denied re-entry if you don't happen to have it.