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help with boat that was sold illegally
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. :) |
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