![]() ![]() Documents to submit for titling and registration.You will receive the original copy of the Application for Vehicle Identification Number (MV-272.1) as proof of VIN for your trailer. The application procedure depends on the unloaded/unladen weight of your no-title trailer. ![]() If your trailer already has a VIN, get rid of it so that you can obtain VIN for it as homemade. If your trailer weighs less than 1,000 pounds unloaded, NY DMV issues the VIN during registration. New York laws allow you to tow a trailer without registration for weighing. ![]() To know the weight of your trailer, contact your local city, town, village officials, or NY State Department of Agriculture and Markets Bureau of Weights and Measures to have the trailer weighed on a certified scale. See the standards approved in NY for trailers. You may have to do this a bit illegally by ripping and replacing parts because NY DMV will require you to present the parts and material receipts. However, NY DMV is clear that homemade registration excludes the reconstruction/alteration of a trailer produced by a manufacturer. You can register a trailer without a title in NY as homemade. If the trailer was never registered by the previous owner, the ownership can be transferred to you. If the trailer is older than 1972, use the Certification of Sale or Transfer (form MV-51). A completed Statement of Ownership (form MV-51B).Other proof of ownership documents – a bill of sale, or your canceled payment check.Notarized affidavit explaining how you got the trailer and what you have done to try to get the title from the previous owner.Police statement of pencil tracing containing the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the trailer.The returned certified letter unopened in its envelope.If the trailer has no title, and you sent a certified letter to the previous owner demanding it, you need the following documents: Use the Statement of Ownership form for the registration.A non-transferable registration prevents you from transferring the trailer ownership. Note that the NY DMV office will issue a non-transferable registration for the trailer if the proof of ownership is not a NY State transferable registration. If Form MV-353 does not verify the trailer ownership, the applicant can submit an old registration, Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin (MCO), or Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin (MSO) of the trailer. The seller will also submit a $10 fee and proof of ID, which NY DMV uses to verify if the trailer is registered to the seller. If NY DMV cannot issue a duplicate transferable registration, the seller can apply for Certification of NY State Registration for Transfer of Non-Titled Vehicle (Form MV-353). If the trailer uses the NY State transferable registration but the seller lost it, advise them to complete and submit the Application for Registration or Title (form MV-82) to the DMV. Advise the seller to put the title in their name or complete and submit the Application for Title Only (form MV-82TON) to the DMV for a replacement title. If the seller has a title bearing the name of the previous owner, it is an open title certificate, which is illegal. Ask the seller to request a replacement title or transferrable registration.If your trailer is under 999 lbs or older than the model year 1973, apply for a “transferable registration” and not a title certificate. It is at least 1973 model year or newer.You need a title for your no-title trailer if: If you write to the NY DMV, include a picture and a full description of the use of your trailer. ![]() If you are not sure about registering your trailer, contact the DMV via (518) 474-5282 or write to them. However, you must register the vehicle that tows the trailer. Typical trailer-like vehicles you are not required to register are those that do not operate under their own power. This list only shows some examples of trailer-like vehicles you are not required to register. ![]()
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