DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with IWI were assigned by the US Coast Guard to DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY of STURGIS, SD. The builder is listed in the USCG MIC database. Enter the full 12-character HIN below for build date, model year, and serial — free, no account.
MIC
IWI
Location
STURGIS, SD
In business
since 2007
Status
Listed active in USCG records
DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY hulls (2007–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Free · no account · the HIN is on the transom, upper starboard (right) corner
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DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY HIN FAQ
What does a DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "IWI" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY hulls (2007–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY still in business?
USCG records list DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY of STURGIS, SD in the MIC database (registered 2007).
How do I decode the year on a DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY hulls (2007–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits. Enter the full 12-character HIN above and the decoder works it out, including the legacy formats.
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Sources: USCG Manufacturer Identification Code database (uscgboating.org, refreshed monthly) · HIN format per 33 CFR 181 subpart C. Cite this page: CarWhere, "DAKOTA BOAT COMPANY HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/iwi, last verified 2026-06-12.