Texas has some very restrictive ( for good reason) boat title rules.
Essentially, if you buy a boat that hasn't got a proper title or ID plate,
and then show up to title it with incorrect papers...they impound it until
you can prove that it was acquired legally. Anyhow, that is what a game
warden friend told me.

I actually bought a $200.00 boat from a guy, got home and found that the ID
plate had been removed from the boat. He returned my cash money after I
suggested the sheriff might be my next call.

RichG
-- manager, Carolina Skiff Owners Group on MSN
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners