Depends on the particular person doing the inspection.
its a 1986 boat, HINs were issued and in use in 1986, the inspector should know that and know where to look for it on the boat. Its been covered/removed/tampered with and doesnt match your paperwork, all of which are expressly covered in the inspection info for my state, and likely to illicit additional inspections/questions and/or proof of ownership transfer back to the original owner and/or manufacturer statement of origin.
The 'newly' issued HIN isnt permanently adhered to the hull, which is also covered in the inspection info for my state and again likely to illicit questions/inspections and or paperwork you probably dont have.
If its a rebuilt boat, as suggested above, wouldnt/shouldnt the original HIN stay w the boat, and then have Rebuilt/Salvaged/whatever simply added to the original title docs? Not a new state issued HIN....
And as Don asked, how can it be both Homebuilt and a Bayliner manufactured boat.
But you might get lucky and get a LEO or DMV agent that isnt particularly interested in actually doing the inspection....
California LEOs are known for carelessly carrying out their assigned duties, right?
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All of which is a hassle I wouldn't want to deal w, and falls back to the seller, not me....
for what it's worth, in my experience, this is a problem for old, pre-1972 boats, and for those old boats, it does happen, and happens fairly often. For post 1972 hulls, it shouldnt be this convoluted....
directly to your questions:
1) yep, probably maybe
2)yep, probably maybe
Again who wouldn't want that ^^^ hassle
