On Oct 29, 6:31*am, "mmc" wrote:
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:59 -0400, Keith Nuttle
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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, but the someone
else he got it from didn't give him anything, never has had the
title and never has registered the boat.
How do you know it is titled in Florida? * Do you know who is named on
the title and/or registration, and can you contact them?
If you can't resolve it that way and want your money back, I'd sue the
seller in small claims court and let law enforcement handle the other
details.
If you have a Florida Registration number on the side of the boat,
contact Florida find the last legitimate person to register the boat
with that number.
That's what the GA DNR suggested, but the FL DMV won't tell me
anything about it. I asked them if they could at least tell me
whether it was stolen or not and they wouldn't even say that.
Working both ends, from the last legitimate owner and
the person you purchased the boat from, you should be able to get
something accomplished.
This is stupid. If you have the name of the registered (in FL) owner
and can contact them all you have to do is get them to apply for a
replacement of a lost title, then have them sign it over to you.
I doubt that there is any hanky panky going on at all. People are
just lazy when they sell boats and dont always go through the correct
procedure.
I bought a boat in FL and brought it back to TX then transferred the
title. We had some problems with paperwork lacking, but we worked it
out in FL. The interesting thing was that Texas, my home state,
screwed themselves out of a huge hunk of money. I wanted to buy the
boat then get a Texas title on it and then sail it back to Texas.
Texas was adamant that they had to have the boat in Texas before they
could register it. They didn't explain how I was to get it from FL to
TX without registration. If they had been willing to work with me
they would have gotten the $2,500 in sales tax from the sale. They
were not. So I registered it in FL, paid FL the sales tax, and sailed
it home and transferred the title to Texas for a piddling fee. Texas
could have had the $2500 sales tax if they had been more flexible.
The person you dealt with in the purchase could be guilty of dealing
with stolen merchandise.
I'd hate to see him get in any trouble since he tried to do it
right, but since he provided me with a notorized bill of sale
that might help him if things eventually get ugly.
Sounds like the first bunch of fruitcakes didn't own the boat they sold
which would make it hot.
The guy that sold it to you didn't do it right. Just because he signed a
bill of sale doesn't make him or the transaction legit. H didn't legally own
the boat since he didn't have a FL title and guess what? Neither do you.
Paying for stolen goods does not make them yours. It makes you a criminal..
You should be looking out for your own ass, not his.