homemade boat? in Minnesota

[sod breaker]

So the other day i was at my brother in laws place and we were looking over his boat. I noticed on the little reg. Sticker by the license number it said for manufacture "HOMEMADE". Now this boat is an older 16ft aluminum console boat. Obviously factory built . But i figured i would ask you guys what the deal is with that. Not looking to buy it . just that curiosity has got the better of me. Thanks sod breaker

 

[Scott Danforth]

welcome aboard

my guess is the paperwork was lost sometime in the boats history and in the past a "shortcut" was taken to obtaining a title and registration.

 

[roffey]

correct me here but if the boat is salvaged you can retitle as homemade? Keeping on that line what is a salvaged boat and how much restoration is required for restoration or a salvaged title?

 

[harleyman1975]

I agree that at some point it met up with a lic snafu and it became a home made boat as a way of getting around the issue.

 

[SeaDooSam]

It also may be he simply didn't know the brand of the boat. For example my boat trailer is marked as homemade because we didn't know the brand

 

[redneck joe]

Post up a pic or two