Thread: Trailer Title

I know with an automobile that gets towed off the side of the road. The tow company has to keep it for a certain amount of time. Then they have to run an ad in the newspaper about the vehicle. Once all that is done a title can be issued. I would think that there should be a path to get a title for the trailer

Let us know what you find out. I'm in need of a trailer and the ones I can afford don't seam to have titles.

Not quite on the up ans up, but sometimes you can find someone with a title to a trailer that has be junked or abandoned. They might sell you the title for a few dollars and you'll be good to go. People do it all the time. As I said, not legal but as long as you didn't steal it.......
PPG

Lots of folks in Texas list their trailers as "shop-built" and get them registered that way.

Originally Posted by Gone Fishin'

Lots of folks in Texas list their trailers as "shop-built" and get them registered that way.

That is certainly a thought.

Originally Posted by Shakey Dave

Hello everyone,
Yes, I'm new here, I posted an introduction up in the newbie's section last weekend. I'm struggling with what to do with a boat trailer and I'm hoping for some advice. I have read all the posts saying that when buying a trailer, if there's no title, run the other way. I agree with that advice, but the trailer is already in the yard. My father got the trailer from a buddy. Now my father and the buddy have both passed away, so a title or even a bill of sale is a dead end. The galvanized trailer is in great shape, but it needs a lot of minor work like new carpet on the runners and it is sitting on dry-rotted flat tires. And it's in Texas. I'll have to put new tires on it and some temporary tail lights just to get it back over here, but I need to know if there is any hope of getting it titled before I invest in it. All I can think to do is go to the State Police office in Baton Rouge, but with the trailer still in Texas, I don't expect to get much from them.

Thanks in advance for your advice,

David

Where was it last titled? Check with your local DMV. There's a process.

My father got the trailer from a buddy, they are both passed away now. There's no telling where it was last titled. I looked for a serial number but didn't find it; I'm going back to Texas to visit my mother this weekend, I'll look it over top to bottom for that doggone serial number. A friend in Texas told me to make some improvements on it and go to the courthouse, and I could get a title. It seems a little to me like baking a cake. You can buy one store-bought, or you can bake one at home. If you bake one at home, it can be made from scratch, or it can come from a premixed box that you bought at the store. It sounds like a "home built" trailer can be made from scratch, or from factory made parts. I just don't know how much of an improvement has to be made to call it home built. It would be good if I could get it titled here in Louisiana, but I'll get it in Texas if I have to and then transfer it to Louisiana.

David

If there isn’t a serial number you can get it inspected as home built by the State Police and get it registered and titled that way.