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2bits wrote:FYI, You would never need a Bonded title on a home built teardrop since you built it, and you are actually creating a VIN# not buying a bond to cover an existing VIN#. Just a point of clarification in case there was any confusion.
PS: I got my title to my car in the mail yesterday!
i did the same thing with my homebuilt teardrop, registerd as a homemade trailer, got plates in a few minutestonyj wrote:Did the trailer have to be titled to sell to someone out of state, or have you qualified yourself as a manufacturer?
I am questioning your need for the trailer to be titled (of course, that answer could be that you wanted it to have a title).
Per my reading of the Texas Transportation Code, and the answer most of us have gotten when we asked at either the DPS or county tax office, a homemade trailer under 4000 pounds does not require a title, just registration. If the trailer is a bunkhouse, travel or house trailer, the trailer has to be for human habitation and have "electrical, air-conditioning and heating, and plumbing systems." I would image including our trailers under travel trailer category could be in a gray area, but I would argue that a water tank leading to a faucet for a sink that doesn't lead into a drain or greywater tank doesn't really qualify as a "system," and since the systems requirement include an "and" and not an "or", the trailer would fail the requirements to be legally classified as travel or house trailer (my interpretation only).
All I am trying to point out is that most of us have been told we can register as a homemade utility trailer. I didn't get a weight certificate or have to produce any receipts. I walked into the tax office on my lunch hour and asked to register a home made utility trailer that weighed 1400 pounds and walked out 10 minutes later with a license plate.
Anyone else?
lonerider wrote:I'm having a big mess trying to get plates for my Cargo trailer! I bought it last year from an individual, got a bill of sale but the plates were up to date and I never transferred it because I took it to a friend who was going to do all the electric work to convert it into a camper. Well, that was 15 months ago, he never has worked on it! I need it now to move with and the plates are expired. I LOST the damn bill of sale and don't know how to contact the guy I bought it from! I've gotten different stories from different offices at county level! Finally found someone at the county courthouse who knew what to do today. Filled out a form and since I knew the plate number they punched it into the computer and came up with the former owners name and address! Had to mail a certified letter to him, hopefully it'll come back not accepted so then I can get it in my name!!
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