UPDATE:shoot me and put me out of my misery

[lquested]

ok let me start by saying thanks to most of the replys. and to the reply bout "its a bayliner" go jump in a lake.. lol. the boat is in great condition for being an 88 it was very well taken care of...anyway.....i call texas parks and wild life they said i could go there and fill out form w/ my i.d. and they could tell me whos name the boat is in. then i can contact them to help get tittle. free for person look up.. but will cost 25 dollars to get title in 30 to 60 days or 60 dollars to get in a week... but i will wait alittle longer for my dumb *ss sister to try to find em... it is in a box some where with all her other titles she cant find that are in her name... so thank every one for all the replys i will let every one know the final out come....

 

[zach103]

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Why didn't she just keep it in the boat?

 

[Maclin]

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How is this title problem keeping you out of the water? Just curious.....

 

[dcg9381]

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How is this title problem keeping you out of the water? Just curious.....

It's tied to registration in TX. We've got stickers with a color/date.

 

[ezmobee]

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And they won't give you a temp sticker while this is sorted out? That's pretty crappy. PA is much better with this. When I bought my boat it had NO paperwork of any kind. I went to the fish and boat commission and it was no problem at all. The issued me a temp sticker on the spot, sent a letter to the previous owner tied to the registration numbers that were on the boat, and when they received no reply in 30 days (proves not stolen), the issued me permanent registration.

 

[tmcalavy]

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A temp sticker is something they don't want to deal with here in Tejas...too many people in the same boat (no pun intended). The state just decided to start charging us for everything, in triplicate, with a fee for each stage, a few years ago. They want it their way, no questions, fee paid up front and no compromise or wiggle room. Hope you get the title resolved soon and get on the water.

 

[sidechoke67]

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Not sure if this will apply or help, but I went through something sort-of similar in NY State. I bought a boat with a non-transferable registration, and was told by the seller that there was no title for the boat, and it didn't need a title. When I went to register the boat at the DMV, the lady told me that there was indeed a title, and I had to go back to the previous owner, and either get it from him, or have him fill out the title paperwork so he could get the title, and then sign it over to me.

In my case, we found out that it was an honest mistake - the previous owner hadn't owned the boat for that long. His title request was automatically filled out when he registered the boat a few months earlier, but it hadn't arrived at his house yet. He received and signed over the title to me a few weeks later. I was not able to register the boat until I had the title, but used it anyway in those few weeks (I was able to register the trailer, and the boat had a valid registration sticker from the previous owner).

Anyway, in this whole process, I found out that if you legitimately have posession of a boat in NY, you can always get the title. If you can't contact the boat's title owner, you have to fill out some police paperwork, stating that you attempted to contact the boat's title holder, but weren't able to, or that you contacted the boat's title holder, but he did not get the title to you in some reasonable amount of time. Than you take that form to the DMV, and you can register it. In my case, I did not have to test any of this out, but thought I would pass it along..

 

[Maclin]

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Thanks for the info. I have a potential move to Texas in the could-be-near future and was just wondering about that kind of thing there.

Mine is registered to me here in Kansas with a sticker thru 2009. Do they let "guest" boats in for a while? And here in Kansas there is no boat title, they just get enough info to register you for taxes on it!

 

[lquested]

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ok let me start by saying thanks to most of the replys. and to the reply bout "its a bayliner" go jump in a lake.. lol. the boat is in great condition for being an 88 it was very well taken care of...anyway.....i call texas parks and wild life they said i could go there and fill out form w/ my i.d. and they could tell me whos name the boat is in. then i can contact them to help get tittle. free for person look up.. but will cost 25 dollars to get title in 30 to 60 days or 60 dollars to get in a week... but i will wait alittle longer for my dumb *ss sister to try to find em... it is in a box some where with all her other titles she cant find that are in her name... so thank every one for all the replys i will let every one know the final out come....

ok my sister found the titles only prob now is they are dated dec 13th 2006.from the person they bought it from. ill see this week whats gonna happen when i go to take care of everything this week

 

[Scaaty]

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Posted on the the other thread about the Bayliner bashing.
Then never went back...not worth the effort. Nothing wrong with any boat...but a sure bunch of idiots that own them...and then blame the boat.
Glad ya getting it figured out...have fun...mean it...seen it all..."the boats junk"...when it sat half fulla water, owned by the "clueless"
PS..a Bayliner here I have seen not moved 2 years...parked up hill..(bow down)., no cover. Water gotta be a couple foot tall in the bow..."its the boat..its junk"
"nuff..again..go get wet...ignore the .."whatever"...and they are getting "rampent" with stupid.....