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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.

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.

At last, a reasonable man.

Now's the time to either get clear paper to it, get clear of it, or have
an officer turn up at your door with papers and handcuffs wanting the boat
and taking custody of the OP for possession and interstate transportation
of a stolen chattel (Dyer Act, a federal crime), or pay the man when one
of the crazies involved in the plot comes back and sez they want their
boat back and he's out the dough and the boat and may be fined.

Steve
I agree Steve. Seems like there's always a hiccup or 3 with deals that seem
too good to be true.