you should be able to title a trailer as a "custom" home made one if needed in fl. You may need to buy some "parts" to prove it is custom. I had no problem doing this 10 years ago, and a friend did recently as well.. but don't look like a punk at the tax office or they may deny you.
I have yet to see anyone get a ticket or even a warning ing fl for no tags on any cat... but... as you said... it is now the law...
See Karl's post "tenn sailors" and see his recent issues... you may end up in his boat (willing to get a few tickets before it equals the trouble/cash" of registration.
I expect to be in the same boat with my canadian mystere that has changed hands many times...
Actually the trailer was pretty easy. I just had to have the guy (previous to the guy I bought it from) send me a bill of sale for the trailer since he had previously registered it. He was very cooperative.
The boat on the other hand will now apparently require a court order of ownership for issuance of a certificate of title. Even though it appears that this boat has never been registered since 1981 and has been through at least three previous owners.
I understand the whole issue of stolen boats, but this is clearly not even a question in this case.
Even the Game Warden said it was pretty cut and dry, and that he couldn't see me having any trouble considering his background check on the previous ownership and his recommendation that it should be approved.
What a pain in the A**! Wonder what this is going to cost?
