i bought a 9′6" jon boat without a motor, no title or registration. I planed to use it at a small lake for fishing with no thought of having a motor. A month later I purchased a used trolling motor for .50. I called the court house to see what they required to title the boat. They said A previous owner had it registered in his name and that I needed to get a title from him. I contacted the courthouse where he actually worked. They had all the info needed to build a title inorder to sign it over to me. A day later the courthose told me they couldn’t build the title. After being refered to other sources i was instructed to get the boat registered in my name then i would have ownership and I could get the title. In another county who was privy of my delema made out a registation to me because of my bill of sale. I then went back to the court house in my county who said i needed a title which i could’nt get. I showed them my registration and she refused to give me a title for my boat
the problem is that the person who had the boat registered in his name did not ever title the boat. And there were owners after him who never registered it nor titled it. The boat never had a motor as far as I know. I’m being told to chase down a title that never was,
I don;t know why if the boat has never been titled or motorized and I bought it without a motor why I cant get it registered in my name and then later title it if I decide to put a motor on it.