Getting license for trailer

[QRTRHRS]

I need a plate. To get a plate, you need registration. In order to get that you need a title. In order to get a title , you must have a vehicle ID#. This makes my head hurt.:confused2:

Once you get over your initial headache, prepare for another when registration comes due and you get to pay your yearly luxery tax.

 

[MESSMAKER]

The vehicle ID number is the VIN number. It should be stamped or scratched into a tag on the tongue somewhere if it is a manufactured trailer. In my state you have to license any trailer other than farm implements. Is this the same trailer in your avatar if so it does not look home made?

If you know who the original owner was you might apply for a lost title? Might need a bill of sale to provide proof of purchase but it might be worth checking into.

It has no ID # so I guess it was a home made trailer. I have no Idea the name of the guy I bought it from. It has been almost a decade ago.

 

[lostcause]

It has no ID # so I guess it was a home made trailer. I have no Idea the name of the guy I bought it from. It has been almost a decade ago.

homemade is homemade. it doesn't matter who's home it was made in, so just say you made it 10 years ago yourself and are now applying for the vin number. there's no bill of sale required because you built it.

if it is commercially manufactured and already has a vin number, but you have no paperwork and no way of contacting the previous owner (let's assume they are deceased) there are always ways around it. i had to do it recently with an antique vehicle that has been sitting in a barn since the 80's. the last owners are no longer alive, so i had to supply the state with a notarized affidavit stating the manner how i came to acquire the vehicle and that was as good as a bill of sale to them. i paid the taxes and fees and walked away with a set of plates 30 minutes later.

 

[KYErik]

Messmaker,

I'm still not sure why you need a license plate (unless you are using this trailer for a business)

Here's something I pulled off the Bullit county KY clerks website:



"Trailer License Exemptions



Trailers that are privately owned and operated and meet the following criteria do not have to be licensed in Kentucky.

Used for the transportation of:

Boats
Luggage
Personal Effects
Farm products, farm supplies or farm equipment
All-terrain vehicles as defined in KRS 189.010(24)
Wildlife as defined in KRS 150.010(41) that the owner or operator of the trailer has obtained while hunting
Firearms or other supplies used in conjunction with hunting wildlife"

 

[300UGUY]

I had a homemade trailer. I had to get a certified scale weight ticket for it, a safety inspection by a "Michigan police officer", and pay the state a few bucks. Here, we get a permanent plate, good for as long as you own the trailer.

 

[KY Gun Geek]

Messmaker,

I'm still not sure why you need a license plate (unless you are using this trailer for a business)

Here's something I pulled off the Bullit county KY clerks website:



"Trailer License Exemptions



Trailers that are privately owned and operated and meet the following criteria do not have to be licensed in Kentucky.

Used for the transportation of:

Boats
Luggage
Personal Effects
Farm products, farm supplies or farm equipment
All-terrain vehicles as defined in KRS 189.010(24)
Wildlife as defined in KRS 150.010(41) that the owner or operator of the trailer has obtained while hunting
Firearms or other supplies used in conjunction with hunting wildlife"

I'm wondering about this too - If you are a resident and traveling in the Commonwealth, you do not need to register and plate a trailer.

Now that doesn't mean an industrious cop in a surrounding state won't pull you over, and while he can't write you for no plate, he can sure find something else.

I plate mine because I do go out of state, and have been stopped (many times). Haven't had any problems in OH, IN, or TN, but I've done several hunting trips with horses out west, those cops don't usually understand that KY doesn't require a plate. Which means I get to sit there for 15 or 20 or 30 while someone at HQ makes the phone calls. I know this for a fact. :ashamed:

 

[chopped]

You might consider downloading the law pertaining to the plates and have copys to give to any police who question why there isnt a plate.
Save them the time and effort lol

 

[jpm1]

Register in Maine, its easy, very resonably priced and directions actually make sense especially for home made and used trailers. I just registered mine there, 5 years $90 bucks, in NYS it would have been over $250 dollars plus inspection charges. . .John

 

[chopped]

JPM your saying you dont have to be a resident of the state to register?

 

[tlbuser]

JPM your saying you dont have to be a resident of the state to register?

Nope, I use this place. Trailer Registrations for Individuals and Fleets Countrywide - MaineTrailerRegistrations.com