How To Register A Homemade Trailer Without Title

For years it has been easy to swipe someone s trailer cook up some receipts and register it as homemade.

How to register a homemade trailer without title. Not that i suggesting you do that. I bought a home made trailer over the weekend it s a very accurate copy of a kendon from the late 1990s. To register your homemade trailer in the united states start by contacting your closest dmv to find out what documents you need for the application process since it differs state by state. Take proof of ownership for the trailer and proof of insurance to your county tax collector s office which issues florida tags and titles. Most states require that homemade trailer over a certain weight must have a title so take your trailer to a local car garage or body shop and ask to have it weighed.

Serial plates and license plates can be applied for at your county tag office. The following process is required. Some folks go out and bought a 200 harbor freight trailer to get the paperwork they need. A title on a specific property rv vehicle etc is a legal document that proves ownership. Fill out the remaining forms and place them on top of your other paperwork with your receipts paper clipped together.

Insurance companies may want to verify your ownership through the title as well. Homemade unidentifiable trailer requirements washington state patrol page 6 of 9 inspection and trailer requirements vehicle identification number section 3000 170 129 r 9 14 brakes rcw 46 37 340 every trailer having a gross weight exceeding 3 000 pounds must be equipped with brakes on all wheels and capable of being applied from. Your other alternative is to register your trailer in a state requiring less stringent proof of ownership. Ask for an application for title and an affidavit of ownership. Without it ownership reverts to the previous owner.

However the previous owner doesn t have any prior registration for it the only thing i have is a bill of sale. The title also is a needed document to register for a license plate. Homemade trailers are required to have a serial plate affixed before the trailer can be registered and a license plate issued.