Trailer license
 

I'm looking at getting a trailer but it has no title. How do you go about getting tags for a trailer without a title?

go get it weighed anywhere
take the weight ticket to the DMV
give them your SS# for a vin
pay them

tell them you built it

Thank you.

What kinds of places would be good to have it weighed?

Q34.


What are the procedures for titling and registering trailers in Ohio?


http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/title/title_faq.htm

A34.


If the trailer is not a travel trailer and weighs 4,000 pounds or less, you must obtain a weight slip on the trailer and then take that and proof of ownership to your Deputy Registrar's office and apply for plates and registration. If the trailer weighs 4,001 pounds or more, you would take proof of ownership and apply for Ohio title at any county title office.

Ah Greg I wonder how you know so much about this?

Nate, I have a Lexis/Nexis account. Enter a few passwords and you're good to go. Actually, I know nothing but the passwords! :D

Fab gave the same answer with no passwords!

This can make it hard to get insurance, mine is titled as home made also and Nationwide called me about it. Mine is just and old snowmobile trailer and everything was fine then.

Haven't had a problem with my gooseneck
which I did build.
been about 10 years, have Statefarm Ins.
Is good to know, anyway

Any feed/grain place has certified scales & some recycling/scrap places have them also. My trailer was home built & I took it & weighed it & went & got tags. I think it costs about $12 to have it weighed, but you only have to do this once.

Make very sure that it is not stolen and get the individuals info. who is selling it.

Here's some suggested language if the vehicle is of the type that it has no title (consult your own attorney - no legal advice intended):




KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that for one dollar and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned __________________________ ("seller"), does hereby grant, bargain, sell, transfer and deliver to _______________________________ ("grantee"), an individual, his heirs, executors, successors and assigns, the following described [trailer] [motor vehicle], to-wit:

[description]


And the said seller hereby covenants to and with the said grantee that the seller is the true and lawful owner of the above-described vehicle; that the seller has good right to sell the same free of all claims and liens.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this ___ day of __________, 200___.



___________________________
seller


Sworn before me a Notary Public in and for the county and state set forth below:

__________________________
Notary








[get photocopy of seller’s driver’s license]

Now if that isn't the berries, legal documents in the Jeep forums. Thanks Greg.