Anyway to look up previous owners???
 

I bought a Powerquest as a repo and the boat has been flawless(Lucky, I know!) but I would really like to track down the previous owner to ask them a few questions. Is there a gov't source(like public record stuff) I could go through? It's from Dayton, OH and was kept on Lake Norris in Tennessee. I only know this from the yearly slip sticker from 2010 on Norris and the repo paper work stated it was CR from Dayton, OH. Any help on this would be great or if it's not possible, someone save me some wasted research time!

If it was a documented vessel, it would be on public record with the coast gaurd.

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/Coas...selByName.html

Unfortunately it was not, it's only a 24' boat.

If you have the sticker on the boat, get the number off it and call the entity that issues them in that state. (DNR,Fish and Game, Revenue????) Give them the number and they will be able to give you the last registered owner, address, etc. If it came with a trailer, same thing there, just contact the state it was last titled in. The dealer should be able to give you a copy of the last title, registration etc for your records...

You could also post a picture of the boat on OSO, likely someone here would be able to help you as well.

you really think its a good idead to get a hold of some one that had their boat repoed????

With the condition the boat was in I have no fear they would be OK to deal with. The boat was clean and I'm just assuming someone that took such good care of something would be willing to answer a few questions. I'll not mention I know it was a repo, maybe they will think I didn't know they had it repo'd? It's been almost two years since it happened.

I'll see if I can find the old #'s, hopefully I have the original paperwork and it has it on it!

I think it is a good idea, they will either tell you off, or they will have all the stuff that they took off the boat to sell you for a lot less than it would cost you otherwise. I got a hold of the previous owner of my boat, he gave me all the manuals, the table and cushion for the front lounge area, the stern and prop locks, remote control for the Garmin's ect ect and only asked for $1000 for everything. And for an older boat they can explain all the things about the boat that you might not know.

Hey what ever,,,

I just think that someone that got his boat repoed might not be to happy to talk to the new owner of his old toy,,,maybe I am wrong...

you think that is tough, I bought my house out of foreclosure and my neigbor was the parents of the one foreclosed on. they then sold their house to their son so then my neigbor was the family that used to live in my house. then they lost that house to foreclosure so it is not as awkward now.

I had to read that about 6 times, I must be tired.:lolhit:

And people wonder how the housing market crashed. lol

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Went to the PVA office today to see about finding out anything more about the previous owner. KY boat owners pay property tax, which is public knowledge. But it was titled in Ohio and therefore no KY taxes were paid. :argue: Only info I could get was that they paid OH taxes on it and one person owned it from 2002-2010 that had a KY address. How they had it reop'd I'll never know? Maybe the re-fi'd and couldn't make payments? Who knows? But after finding out one person owned the boat since 2002 I REALLY want to find out now! haha

Guy must not have learned his lesson the first time. Or they did it intentionally to gut the equity out of them before sending them back to the bank.

does the boat not have Ohio Registration numbers on it? if it does or you can make out what they were you should be able to go online to Ohio DNR or who ever issues the numbers and do a search. I was able to do that on my 74 Cee Bee jet boat that had Texas numbers. they had expired in '07 but they keep records online for 10 years. I was able to get the owners name and address as well as the previous title number.

actually the parents had split their land (I have 5 acres and they had 3.5) and gave it to the son who built my house. 5 years later they lost it to forecloseure. after two years the parents moved to the next town over and let the son take over the mortgage but it was never transfered so it was still in his mothers name. he never told his mother that he was behind on payments till the bank sent her foreclosure papers. shortly after the son got divorced and now the parents and the son are not on speaking terms. it was always a little awkward to have them next door, especially when I shot one of his many dogs in the butt for attacking my dog. all is nice and peaceful now.

see if this page helps

http://ohiodnr.com/Portals/4/pdfs/forms/8513.pdf

I think you can use just the HIN if you dont know the Ohio registration number. just fill it out and give them $2.

I found a card in my project boat with the previous owners name ( three owners back ) looked it up online and couldn't believe the information I was able to get...address,age phone number and even a satellite picture of his house! :eek:

so did the form from ohio work to get you the previous owner? just curious what info they provide.

nothing yet, Just sent it in this week. I'll update w/ all the info they provide!