How To Register A Jet Ski Trailer In Texas

Registration is valid for two years once it is obtained.

How to register a jet ski trailer in texas. Before you can operate a personal watercraft on connecticut waters you must get a safe boating certificate from the department of energy and environmental protection. The application for registration and or titling is called form 130 u and requires owner identification information as well as information about the trailer s make model weight and color. The hull number is usually visible on the front end of the jet ski on the bill of sale or on the registration document. Texas boat registration renewal can be completed online by mail or in person at a boat owner s local tpwd office. Boaters can use receipt of their vessel registration renewal as a valid registration for up to 45 days after the boat owner completes the renewal process.

Submit the following documents to your county tax assessor collector office. A completed vessel boat application form pwd 143 and or outboard motor application form pwd 144. I just bought 2 jetskis from the previous owner with the trailer. Take it down to your local county subcourthouse. Now i need to get the jet skis home so i need to register the trailer but how would i go about doing this without having a title or anything.

Enter the owner s full name address and the hull identification number on the paperwork. But the previous owner never had it registered it has no plates and no title. Its in new jersey by the way and thats where i need to have it registered. It wouldn t have a current registration if it hasn t been used for awhile. Renewing your texas boat registration.

Trailers don t have titles so a bill of sale should be sufficient. 512 389 8915 operation game thief. To register manufactured boat trailers in texas fill out an application for registration and title if applicable and pay the applicable sales and use tax. 4200 smith school road austin tx 78744 512 389 4800 800 792 1112 tty. To register and or title your boat begin by gathering the following items.

Texas parks and wildlife is not authorized to register title boat trailers those are handled by the texas department of motor vehicles through your local county tax offices. Complete the registration paperwork at the department to register the jet ski if it is not already. Registration of personal watercraft jet ski personal watercrafts also known as jet skis are required to be registered in the same manner as a boat. If your manufactured trailer s gross weight exceeds 4 000 lbs it must be titled.