A friend of mine bought a pontoon boat off a city police officer in Martin Co last year with no title but he got a bill of sale. Got the paperwork off the local BMV office and had to have the Sheriff!s dept run a check on boat and sign the paperwork. Something I never heard of before, he then had to have the local judge sign off on it before returning the paperwork and sales bill of sale to BMV. Go to BMV and/or call them and see what hoops you have to go thru before buying is my suggestion to get a title as it can be a pain and take at least a month to get accomplished. If the pontoon hadn’t been previously registered with DNR as it had the numbers on the sides, I don’t think he would have gotten title for it.