On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:29:56 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:05:17 -0400, wrote:
I'm in GA and bought a boat from someone who got it from someone
else. It came from and is currently still registered in FL, where
the someone else supposedly got it from "his brother". The person
I got it from gave me a notorized bill of sale
That should be good enough for Georgia. Are they refusing to register
the boat for some reason? Is there something you are not telling us?
A boat with expired registration is not registered anywhere.
Um...well, not really.
In CT, the registration stays in "inactive" mode as it's permanently
assigned to any particular boat. I ran into this when I had the Chris
Craft Corsair that I wanted to restore before I found all the rot in
the fiberglass.
In CT, an expired boat registration stays listed to the last known
address of the previous owner. Our DMV will not release that
information until you apply for it or file an FOIA request. That
takes six weeks to "review". Once you get the owner's previous
address, you have to send a certified letter to the owner explaining
that you are now in possesion of the boat and they have to sign a
release. If the letter is returned as undeliverable, then you can
apply for a registration under your own name. The old registration
number is still on the boat though - it's permanently assigned.
The reason is interesting - boats are not subject to property tax in
CT.
Go figure - everything else in CT is. :)