Recently, a friend of mine came across a PWC floating aimlessly in the no wake zone of her marina. She checked with the marina and they could not identify the owner. She then reported the found vessel to the DNR and found that there was no record of ownership there either. The problem was that the registration had expired and along with it, any record of ownership. The officer asked her if she would like to claim the vessel herself. Yup! To her astonishment, at that point, all she had to do was pay the fee to register the vessel in her name and she could legally take ownership. How is this possible? Truth be told, this won’t happen in most states, but it can and did in Georgia. It could also happen in 14 other states. There are currently 15 states in the US that do not title boats. This means that the only thing legally tying you to your beloved watercraft is the state registration. Let the registration expire and technically, you can’t show legal ownershi
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