Sold My Old Boat Problems

[Matt Janes]

Bit of a weird one here. I just sold my old boat as I bought a new used one. Turns out that the VIN# on the ownership for the trailer does not match the VIN# on the trailer itself. When I registered the trailer I just took the ownership given to me to service canada and they gave me plates for it. I never thought to check the VIN#'s to see if they matched. I did a lein search on the boat before buying and everything came back legit with the current owners being correct. Any ideas on what I or the new owner have to do to clear this up?

 

Thanks

[HTHM]

Simply register the trailer as a homebuilt, they will issue new VIN for the trailer and you should be done.

[Matt Janes]

Does the old VIN have to be removed before doing this or afterwords?

[Sandbag]

It's Illegal to remove or alter a VIN. You may have to take the VIN# from the trailer to the MTO, pay the fee and determine who actually owns the trailer. Then go from there.

 

Cheers and good luck

 

Craig

[Matt Janes]

What is the fee for?

[DanD]

To do the search; it use to be something like 10 bucks, no idea how much now?

The bad part though if it comes back as stolen, even many years ago; you'll forfeit the trailer.

But it is the proper thing to do.

 

Dan.