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Boat appraisals in Louisiana for donations, insurance, estate tax, and divorce, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises fishing boats, sailboats, pontoon boats, speedboats, and houseboats across Louisiana, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BOAT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, LOUISIANA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Vehicle Appraiser
CAGA Certified Appraiser since 2014, covering vehicles, boats, equipment, fine art, and collectibles. A classic-car restoration background informs her vehicle work, with reports prepared for insurance, divorce, and charitable contributions.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
Certified Appraisers Guild of AmericaCertified Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow provides professional boat appraisals in Louisiana for a wide range of purposes, including charitable donations, insurance coverage, estate tax filings, and divorce proceedings. Louisiana's vast network of rivers, bayous, lakes, and coastal waters makes boating a central part of life across the state, and the need for accurate, defensible valuations is constant. Whether you own a fishing vessel on the Atchafalaya Basin, a powerboat on Lake Pontchartrain, or a yacht docked in New Orleans, our credentialed appraisers understand the regional market and deliver reports that meet IRS, legal, and insurance standards.
AppraiseItNow serves boat owners throughout Louisiana with both remote and onsite appraisal options, making it easy to get a professional valuation regardless of where your vessel is located in the state. Remote appraisals are completed using photographs, documentation, and registration records, while onsite inspections are available for complex or high-value watercraft that require a physical examination. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV), Replacement Value, Orderly Liquidation Value (OLV), Forced Liquidation Value (FLV), and Actual Cash Value (ACV) appraisals for various intended uses.
AppraiseItNow appraises virtually every category of recreational and commercial watercraft found across Louisiana's diverse waterways, including:
Louisiana's waterway culture means appraisers must account for a uniquely broad range of vessel types, from small aluminum skiffs used in the marshes of the Atchafalaya to large offshore sportfishing boats operating out of Grand Isle. Our appraisers are familiar with the regional factors that affect value, including saltwater exposure, hurricane history, and the specific demands of Louisiana's coastal and inland boating environments.
AppraiseItNow serves individual boat owners, estates, attorneys, insurance companies, financial institutions, and nonprofit organizations throughout Louisiana who need accurate, professionally prepared appraisal reports. Whether you are navigating a divorce settlement, filing an estate tax return, documenting a charitable donation, or securing the right level of insurance coverage, our team provides the credentialed expertise and timely service you need.
What clients say we are known for
Across 80+ published AppraiseItNow reviews the picture is consistent: every one is from a client who paid us for an appraisal, and the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how quickly we answer, and how much research is visible in the report.
I love the online appraisal format to give me a good idea of what my boat is worth without showing the boat. The appraisal fee is more than reasonable, and I love your professional service!
Boat Appraisal for Charitable Donation
We recently used AppraiseItNow for one of our clients and couldn’t be happier with the experience. The customer service was excellent, and Joe was quick to respond to all of our questions. He provided everything we needed promptly and made the process smooth from start to finish. Thank you!
Boat Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
AppraiseItNow delivered a fair, well-supported appraisal that met all required standards. Their team was professional, responsive, and fast throughout the process. I would gladly use them again.
Boat Appraisal for Charitable Donation
AppraiseItNow helped us appraise a very unique set of propulsion boats. Service was top notch and provided incredible value for the cost!
Boat Appraisal for Loan Collateral
AppraiseItNow was excellent to work with. They delivered exactly what I needed and were incredibly responsive throughout the process. I’d definitely recommend them!
Boat Appraisal for Insurance Claim
Very straightforward and efficient way to gain a quality certified boat appraisal. I will suggest AppraiseItNow to all my boating friends!
Boat Appraisal for Loan Collateral
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
The three standard references are the J.D. Power (formerly NADA) Marine guide, the ABOS Marine Blue Book from Price Digests, and sold-boat data such as BoatWizard's SoldBoats database. We treat these as starting points and confirm against documented sales of comparable vessels before concluding a value.
Engine hours, condition, equipment, upgrades, location, and usage history. Appraisers research recent sales of similar make, model, and year vessels through broker databases and auction records, then adjust for those differences, which is why two outwardly identical hulls can appraise thousands of dollars apart.
Yes, vessels belong on the succession's inventory or descriptive list along with the estate's other property. A supporting appraisal gives the succession representative a defensible fair market value to sign off on, which matters because Louisiana uses these filed lists rather than a probate referee system.
Yes. Effective July 1, 2025, Act 11 caps combined state and local sales and use tax at $20,000 on a boat that will be registered in Louisiana, provided the tax is paid within 90 days of purchase, with credit for tax properly paid elsewhere. The cap was adopted to keep high-value vessel transactions competitive with neighboring boating states.
Proof that sales or use tax has been paid, certified on Form R-1331, before the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will issue a registration certificate. For a vessel brought into Louisiana, the tax is computed on the lower of the boat’s original cost or its fair market value when it entered the state, which makes a documented valuation directly relevant to registration.
