Help with Trailer legalities, Nova Scotia

RVAJim wrote:
Hi all, new guy here, needing some guidance. Now this will perhaps seem incredulous or irresponsible, but please bear with me!

About 13-14 years we bought a 1992 Terry 28 foot trailer to use as a summer place, parked on the property of my in-laws' cottage in River John, Pictou County. (We live in the States.)

We now need to sell it and bottom line is I don't believe we have any papers. My recollection is that we did need to get some sort of temporary plate to transport it from our seller's home to our property. We did that, took the wheels off, used it most summers since then except for the last three, and forgot about anything legal or DMV related. That's the irresponsible part, I know.

Now I honestly don't remember as noted. My wife thinks we may have left some related paperwork there in NS. I don't recall that but hey, she may be right. We won't be going until at least June.

But if not, and we really don't have anything, where would I start to be able to legally sell it? We bought it from a retired RCMP officer so no doubt all was done up to snuff at that time. I just don't remember a title, registration, etc.

Thanks in advance!
Jim

if you got a temporary plate you had to register weather it was in the US or in Canada. if you got it in the US, you would have had to get the paperwork and such for the import, and if you got it in Canada, it would have had to be registered to your name. Either way you would have had to use the vin number of the trailer. so, you have to figure out whether you did Canadian or US insurance on it and call that registration office with the vin number and ask them for a proof of registration.