I'd advise to get about 3 or 4 "Duplicate Original", notarized bills of sale, (not zerox copies) particularly for the trailer, stating the exact price for the trailer. And, perhaps separate ones for the hull, and the motor, stating a price on each.
The LA Dept. of Revenue will want taxes paid on the purchase and the bureaucrat insisted I dealt with insisted they KEEP one of them. That would have left me without an original to give to Motor Vehicles. Whatever. It was a pain.
WLF wanted one for the boat, but not the motor, and didn't care about the trailer. When I eventually sold the motor, I had an exact bill of sale into me for it as proof I owned it.
You get the picture. Have over proof of what you are buying, for you don't know what you'll encounter in the future.
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