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Buying a boat from 1 party during a divorce

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timH

Junior Member
Tim in California.

I want to buy a used boat that from a person involved in a divorce. He claims that it is his owner outright and title is in his name only and that this boat is not subject to any community property agreement, as a result, he has title and can sell to me without permission from spouse.

I would plan to perform transfer at DMV window and pay seller simultaneously as title is successfully transferred into my name.

Question: If it later turns out that boat is subject to community property and/or prior judge's decision, can my ownership be reversed or subsequent lien be placed on boat even after I am new DMV registered owner of record ?

FYI..Boat sale price is 10K with arguable peak resale value of 10-19 K.
 


LdiJ

Senior Member
Tim in California.

I want to buy a used boat that from a person involved in a divorce. He claims that it is his owner outright and title is in his name only and that this boat is not subject to any community property agreement, as a result, he has title and can sell to me without permission from spouse.

I would plan to perform transfer at DMV window and pay seller simultaneously as title is successfully transferred into my name.

Question: If it later turns out that boat is subject to community property and/or prior judge's decision, can my ownership be reversed or subsequent lien be placed on boat even after I am new DMV registered owner of record ?

FYI..Boat sale price is 10K with arguable peak resale value of 10-19 K.
While your purchase of the boat would probably be safe (because the seller would end up responsible for the 10k to the marital community) I honestly don't think that I would be willing to purchase anything from someone in that scenario.
 

Ohiogal

Queen Bee
Tim in California.

I want to buy a used boat that from a person involved in a divorce. He claims that it is his owner outright and title is in his name only and that this boat is not subject to any community property agreement, as a result, he has title and can sell to me without permission from spouse.

I would plan to perform transfer at DMV window and pay seller simultaneously as title is successfully transferred into my name.

Question: If it later turns out that boat is subject to community property and/or prior judge's decision, can my ownership be reversed or subsequent lien be placed on boat even after I am new DMV registered owner of record ?

FYI..Boat sale price is 10K with arguable peak resale value of 10-19 K.
How is this boat GUARANTEED that it is not subject to community property? How do you KNOW that?
 

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