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May 15, 2016

Need legal/title advice for putting coach in name of LLC

Hello!

My wifes father wants to put his class A pusher into sort of a partnership or trust, Im not familiar with how this would work but I know what he wants.

He wants it taken out of his name and free from liability and responsibility (it is paid off), he would like it registered under my business name (LLC), he wants certain members of the family to have access to use the coach but they must pay their part in maintenance/storage/insurance ect. to maintain their privileges.

To me this sounds similar to doing a partnership on an aircraft. But I dont know how the titling would work, and I assume it must be left to my wife and I to ensure that his wishes that it be available to contributing family members are maintained (trust?). He is wanting actual ownership to remain neutral, I assume to avoid any jealousy.

This is in Texas if that helps.

If someone has some advice for me on what type of paperwork needs to be done I would appreciate it!
  • I would reccomend to your father-in-law to putting the coach in a living trust and appointing an executor. Not a lawyer though.
  • If you put it in the LLC, the company would be the owner and title holder.
    Please consult a local Texas LLC attorney.
  • Sounds like a messy can of worms. Transferring ownership to your LLC results in the LLC having legal liability, responsibility for license tags and maintenance, possible tax consequences, etc. You do not want to go there IMO. FIL should get himself a lawyer and look into creating a trust, and then he can transfer title to the trust. The trust can specify usage and maintenance and eventual disposition of the property. Not your problem that way. Shoot, if he could afford his class A, he can afford to do this thing right instead of cheaping out and having you take the brunt.
  • My gut tells me just to hire an attorney, I guess I was just hoping someone else has done this. Seems rather uncommon.
  • Mowermech has the best advice. If you can't talk to your LLC attorney, find a competent LLC attorney for advice. Any advice we give you is only worth what you pay for it...Dennis
  • If you already have an LLC, talk to the attorney who set up the LLC paperwork for you.
    You will get lots of opinions here, but very little if any legal advice that can be trusted.