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• I need help with renewing my Mexican TIP. Before it expired I tried renewing it the normal way in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It turns out the previous owner never canceled his TIP which expired more than 10 years ago. He has Alzheimer’s and is in a memory care facility. His wife has no record or memory of the boat ever going to Mexico or him getting a TIP. I purchased the boat 13 years ago from a Southern California broker, I was issued a 10 year TIP from Mexico and cruised up and down the Mexican coast for 10 years. When it was time to renew I was told I couldn’t renew because the previous owner never canceled his TIP so they canceled my TIP and left his name on the expired TIP because it was never surrendered. Iv’e tried renewing with a reputable service that specializes in TIP cancel/renewal for boats traveling around Mexico however they seemed to have not been able to help me resolve this issue. Without a current TIP in your name, boat documentation and insurance you will not be able to go to Mexico and check into any Mexican marina’s and leave yourself open to possible legal issues with customs, immigration, and the Mexican Navy.

  I cannot express the importance of when you purchase a boat and you plan on going to take it south to Mexico, make sure the boat has a clean title and that there’s not a TIP (current or expired) still on it.

  I’m open for any help or suggestions with other boaters who may have had this issue, I’ve been told that this is not an isolated problem and there are a lot of other boaters with the same issues.

  I need help with renewing my Mexican TIP. Before it expired I tried renewing it the normal way in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It turns out the previous owner never canceled his TIP which expired more than 10 years ago. He has Alzheimer’s and is in a memory care facility. His wife has no record or memory of the boat ever going to Mexico or him getting a TIP. I purchased the boat 13 years ago from a Southern California broker, I was issued a 10 year TIP from Mexico and cruised up and down the Mexican coast for 10 years. When it was time to renew I was told I couldn’t renew because the previous owner never canceled his TIP so they canceled my TIP and left his name on the expired TIP because it was never surrendered. Iv’e tried renewing with a reputable service that specializes in TIP cancel/renewal for boats traveling around Mexico however they seemed to have not been able to help me resolve this issue. Without a current TIP in your name, boat documentation and insurance you will not be able to go to Mexico and check into any Mexican marina’s and leave yourself open to possible legal issues with customs, immigration, and the Mexican Navy.

  I cannot express the importance of when you purchase a boat and you plan on going to take it south to Mexico, make sure the boat has a clean title and that there’s not a TIP (current or expired) still on it.

  I’m open for any help or suggestions with other boaters who may have had this issue, I’ve been told that this is not an isolated problem and there are a lot of other boaters with the same issues.

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