oldboat1
Fleet Admiral
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Re: Just bought a boat, what is it?
different rules in Maryland, New York, Virginia and Michigan. In Michigan, just go in to the nearest Secretary of State's Ofc and find out what you need -- probably the easiest state for transfers of the four mentioned, in my experience, with local offices all over the place. If the prior owner's state issued titles, you need the title to transfer ownership (sec of state will check and tell you if the other state issues titles, so can't fake it.) Good Luck.
different rules in Maryland, New York, Virginia and Michigan. In Michigan, just go in to the nearest Secretary of State's Ofc and find out what you need -- probably the easiest state for transfers of the four mentioned, in my experience, with local offices all over the place. If the prior owner's state issued titles, you need the title to transfer ownership (sec of state will check and tell you if the other state issues titles, so can't fake it.) Good Luck.
My'99 Bayliner was that way, my FourWinns has a separate title for both the boat and trailer - I'm guessing its based off length for the boat whether it has a title or not in NYS.