Posted By: bluegrassman
finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 03:29 AM
you guys no anyway to find out who owns a boat by the registration numbers?
Posted By: GREENCOUNTYPETE
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 03:36 AM
it is going to depend on the state
in WI if you find a boat on the river that is a float you would secure it and call DNR with the number they would track down the owner
Posted By: bluegrassman
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 03:43 AM
there is an old jon boat near me at a storage place. its been there for several years and looks like it was last registered in 2018 i believe. i would just like to find out who owns it and see if they would be interested in selling it. i called the storage place and they wouldn't tell me as there getting paid to store it and would lose money if i bought it. i asked at the bmv and they said they couldn't tell me as that was classified information.
Posted By: Flint Lock
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 03:52 AM
The boat reg numbers will be treated just like a car license plate so most state agencies will not provide you with the owner's information due to privacy. If you are friendly with your local warden, he might be willing to contact the boat owner and give him your information so that the owner can contact you if he desires. But that will depend on the warden. You could try slipping a note under the cover but it doesn't sound like this boat gets used very often so might be a while until you'd get any response. If you're desperate, you could post an ad in your local classifieds asking whoever owns the boat to contact you. Or try social media.
Posted By: bluegrassman
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 04:06 AM
it would be nice to be friends with someone who worked at at a bmv or with a game warden. they probably wouldn't want to sell it anyway. lol
Posted By: Law Dog
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 04:08 AM
County Treasurer would know if they sell the tags they keep a record of it, at least here they do it that way.
Posted By: bluegrassman
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 04:16 AM
here you get the registration stickers at the bmv.
Posted By: Law Dog
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 04:17 AM
here you get the registration stickers at the bmv.
Same thing then they know who its registered to.
Posted By: bluegrassman
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 04:25 AM
oh they know who its registered too, they just won't tell you.
Posted By: Cragar
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 05:30 AM
oh they know who its registered too, they just won't tell you.
Lie.
Tell the motor vehicle people you backed into it and want to exchange insurance information.
Posted By: Oleo Acres
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 08:58 AM
If you know a lawyer, he'll have a friend on the police force he can find out from.
Posted By: bluegrassman
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 02:13 PM
oh they know who its registered too, they just won't tell you.
Lie.
Tell the motor vehicle people you backed into it and want to exchange insurance information.
they would probably just tell me to call the police and have them go check it out. lol
Posted By: GREENCOUNTYPETE
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 02:21 PM
you could try submitting an open records request for that boats number , they will tell you the price per page you set a cap on how much your willing to spend
you might get a hit
you should at least know up front how much it will cost to try
local PD had an interesting number in the revenue column for 2020 , apparently a lot of lawyers must have been slow they were making lots of open records requests enough that it was noticeably up from the previous year for open records request revenue
Posted By: SNIPERBBB
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 02:42 PM
it would be nice to be friends with someone who worked at at a bmv or with a game warden. they probably wouldn't want to sell it anyway. lol
Your friend would have to not care about getting caught. We had a case several years ago where an LEO got busted for something similar.
Posted By: gcs
Re: finding boat owner by registration numberss - 09/17/21 05:13 PM
"Try the Coast Guard",
It's cute you think they would have a clue...