If that be the case, and I'm sure it is... Then how do you get license
plates for a trailer with no title? and if you sell the trailor, how
does the new owner get the trailer put in his/her name?



Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Not in CT. Trailers are also non-title.

Be really careful. It wouldn't hurt to run the HIN past the license
departments of a few neighboring states to see if there is a record
there. What you don't want to do would be to pay $20,000 for a used
boat and then have some bank from a neighboring state with an
unsatisfied lien show up and tow it away........

In CT, HINs are not cross referenced with registrations. The trailers
are cross referenced with the VINs, but not the boats.


In MA trailers of less than 3000 lb GVW do not require titles although you
can request one.
I did for the Haulmark trailer and motorcycle trailer only because it can't
hurt to have one should you need it to sell out of state.

Eisboch

wrote in message
oups.com...

If that be the case, and I'm sure it is... Then how do you get license
plates for a trailer with no title? and if you sell the trailor, how
does the new owner get the trailer put in his/her name?




You just present a bill of sale at the registry. If the trailer is new,
they also take the certificate of origin.
Unless you ask for one, they don't require you to apply for a title.

When you sell it within MA, again all you need is a bill of sale. I
requested (and paid for) titles just in case I ever sold them to someone in
a state that requires titles.

Trailers over 3000 lb GVW have to be titled. I suppose in a while that
will be extended to all trailers.
Until fairly recently, you used to be able to register cars that were more
than XX years old without a title, just a bill of sale. They changed that
so now you have to have a title which can present potential problems for
someone like me who enjoys buying old cars. Without a title you simply
cannot register a motor vehicle here anymore.

Eisboch