'No title' question

JeffN

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In a similar thread, there's a 14 y.o. 26' boat that has no papers that will be junked if not sold. Are there any states, NH, AL, that can title it as homemade or some other dubious status? I know those are 2 liberal states when it comes to registering vehicles. It's a clean boat but with a unavailable papers-advertised originally on ebay so it's not hot.

i had a friend about 30 years ago who salvaged a burnt Tahiti hull, rebuilt it and titled it homemade-not sure how extensive a hull needs to done before it's homemade.
 
Many states will allow you to submit a "Homemade/experimental" certificate of origin and then get it titled,
 
One state I can tell you to stay out of if it is not titled is RI
 
Not a title state Pete, as in they don't use titles? NY was like that for decades and still don't use them for trailers or old cars....
 
Jeff ... when I bought my boat I moved it to Ga. and registered it here. A couple of years later I wanted to move it to FL. I went to the local tax office and registered it with them, obtained FL numbers and was asked "Do you want a title?" I said "sure" and they said that will be an additional $5.00. They typed it out and handed it to me!!
 
Florida titles boats, not trailers under 1500 pounds (they didnt clarify if that was trailer weight or capacity...) I went through this when I sold a trailer in NC that I bought FL to a guy in SC who sold it to a guy in TN. It took a year to get it cleared up and transfered.
 
"...advertised originally on ebay so it's not hot."

No offense, but that is kind of humorous.:D

Before I bought such a boat I would want to check directly with the DMV (in FL for you) to see if something such as a notarized bill of sale from the present owner, listing HID and engine ser. #s and very full description plus sellers full contact info & perhaps how it came into sellers possession would suffice to register and title the presently unpapered vessel in your name. Keep in mind a boat like that (any boat) ...could... possibly have maritime liens against it that automatically transfer to any subsequent owner.
 
Fair enough Sandy but he has perfect feedback for years and is u[p front enough about junking it sans title-he pulled it from ebay. And there seems to be means to run the hull # before buying a POS project.

and I think it'd be tougher than that in FL unfortunately Paul...
 
Now the seller is waiting for the prev owner to come through w/title after all. We'll see...
 
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