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Boat title?
Does anyone know a good way to find/locate the legal owner of a boat in
New York State. I was going to try the DMV to see if they can do a title/registration search. Any other suggestions? Thanks. Tom. |
Boat title?
If it has state registration number then you should be able to get the information from the DMV.. May cost you a few bucks.. If it has no bow numbers and it Port is US then the USCG would be the source of that information. Unfortunately the only web site where you could search has been shut down.. Steve |
Boat title?
Really? Works fine right now...
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/commercia...g_vessel2.html to search by name. http://www.st.nmfs.gov/commercial/la...g_vessels.html to search by Fed. ID number. "Steve" wrote in message ... If it has state registration number then you should be able to get the information from the DMV.. May cost you a few bucks.. If it has no bow numbers and it Port is US then the USCG would be the source of that information. Unfortunately the only web site where you could search has been shut down.. Steve |
Boat title?
Great! Thanks for the correction.. I stand corrected..
The last time I tired it, about 6 mo ago there was a notice that they were discontinuing it because the USCG wasn't providing them with 'timely data' or word to that effect.. Steve s/v Good Intentions |
Boat title?
Tom, if you have a valid reason to need that information ( It's parked
in your yard, you damaged it somehow, etc.) a local police agency should be able to help you. If you are "just curious" it is unlikely that a search will be done for you by either the DMV or the Police because of privacy restrictions. Good luck and good boating, Jim wrote: Does anyone know a good way to find/locate the legal owner of a boat in New York State. I was going to try the DMV to see if they can do a title/registration search. Any other suggestions? Thanks. Tom. |
Boat title?
Jim Brinson wrote:
: Tom, if you have a valid reason to need that information ( It's parked : in your yard, you damaged it somehow, etc.) a local police agency should : be able to help you. : If you are "just curious" it is unlikely that a search will be done for : you by either the DMV or the Police because of privacy restrictions. : Good luck and good boating, : Jim In some states, they'll give you the owner of the boat from registration numbers and inform the owner of your search. In California, we found a sunk boat once and wanted to salvage it. For a fee, the Dept. of Motor Vehicles gave us the information and notified the owner of our request. So, ya'd need to contact the department that registers boats in N.Y. to see if they provide such a service. There are websites that claim to search this information also (search "boat registration search" in google.com for example. Yes, there are scam businesses there too.) The bank was rather happy the boat surfaced (literally when the level of the lake lowered). b. |
Boat title?
I bought the boat and have a Bill of sale, but there seems to be some
confusion about who actually has the transferable registration. This boat has changed hands about three times without the paperwork following it, once through a boat dealer. I am going to try the DMV, there are some websites but they have been no help thus far. I may also try the local police department. Tom. |
Boat title?
Good luck..here in TX, I had to have my seller go back to the original
seller and get the proper TX forms signed or I could not get a title. The confusion was not with the boat, but rather with the trailer! I hope everyone was friendly or your state has more lenient laws. A dealer that sells a boat/trailer with an non-transferred original title ought to have some responsibility to be sure the line of ownership is clear...but probably does not. I'm sure everyone did what they did to avoid paying taxes, but someone always pays in the end. RG wrote in message ... I bought the boat and have a Bill of sale, but there seems to be some confusion about who actually has the transferable registration. This boat has changed hands about three times without the paperwork following it, once through a boat dealer. I am going to try the DMV, there are some websites but they have been no help thus far. I may also try the local police department. Tom. |
Boat title?
I bought the boat and have a Bill of sale, but there seems to be some
confusion about who actually has the transferable registration. This boat has changed hands about three times without the paperwork following it, once through a boat dealer. At this point, you have a disputed ownership interest in the boat- at best. "About" three times? Are there people in the chain you don't know about? Fortunately, the fix isn't all that difficult. You won't need all the intermediate parties to sign off on the title or registration because they never legally owned anything. As far as the state is concerned, the guy who sold you the boat didn't own it. You will need to track down the last party who had the title and get them to sign off. Just hope you don't discover that the boat was stolen out of the last registered owner's driveway....... You can also thank your lucky stars that there was a dealer involved with one of the transactions. Is he/she still in business? They may be sitting on the title, having overlooked doing the transfer. If CA is like WA, the dealer's chestnuts could be roasting on an open fire if he/she sold the boat without valid title. I would think the dealer would have a sincere interest in helping you solve this problem with as little attention from the state as possible. :-) |
Boat title?
The boat came with a trailer, and the trailer has a legal state title
from the guy I bought it from. I spoke with the dealer and he is looking into his record(file) of the transaction, he seems friendly enough, hopefully he will have the registration. I'm just wondering, could the last owner could have had the registration suspended or confiscated for some reason? Like DUI or a lien or something else? (I did find a couple of bottles of liquor in the boat) Because the guy really didn't want to talk about it. Any ideas? |
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