On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 06:05:42 -0800 (PST), Solomon_Man
wrote:

On Dec 9, 6:56 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:24:46 -0800 (PST), Solomon_Man

wrote:
Here is a link I found mentioning Michigan laws;
http://www.dmv.org/mi-michigan/boat-registration.php

Doesn't something have to be notarized?

No.

Anybody been through this before?

Yes. From the Michigan site.

"No registration? Then create a bill of sale with the year, make, hull
ID number, and registration number (if you have it)."

Is there a way to tell year based on HIN or some other way on this
Lonestar. It does not say anything about year of make/model.

The last two numbers of the HIN are the year.

Thanks Everyone,
Wow that should be easy. I will try and title it some time next week.
The only thing that I am not sure of is according to the state of Ohio
all boats need a 12 digit hull number. Something about after 1972 all
boats should have 12 digits not 9. I learned this in my Boaters class.
The paper work from Michigan only lists out 8 digits on the
registration. I ran outside to the garage and there is no fiberglass
number inscribe in the Stern like I was taught. There is only an
attached fully readable plate that says Lonestar CareFreedom and a
serial number. Its a manufacturers plate. There is also a emblem on
the side that says Lonestar. The serials match the numbers on the bill
of sale and registration I have that were my neigbors from 1991-1994
era. I hope this HIN number shortage will not be a whole alot of
problem. I am just curious can anyone tell what era this boat is
from? The last two digits are 94 for serial number.

In this case, you have a boat older than '72.

Which will probably require that you obtain an HIN from your DMV. I
had a similar problem with a '68 Glastron I inherited when I bought
the contents of a barn at auction - found the boat under the barn next
to the truck that I was interested in.

In my case, the boat was never registered in the state - no
registration numbers. Once I established that I had legally purchased
the contents of the barn, which wasn't hard at all by the way - just
presented the bill of sale for the contents of the barn - they
assigned the hull, based on the manufacturer's serial number, an HIN.

From there, it was just a question of making a plate and fixing it to
the stern and in one place on the boat that only I knew the location
of. I'm fairly sure, Michigan has the same procedure, but I'm not
sure about that - most states follow the same procedure.

The real question is this - is the boat worth the effort? A boat that
old may be iffy in terms of sea worthy.