Buying a used RV in USA as a Canadian
Hey All, I'm looking to get myself an RV pretty soon, though, there seems to be much better offerings/pricing in the USA over Canada. I assume this is due to demand, and potentially the economy on...
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Canadian Rainbirds wrote:
We bought our Itasca Horizon from a dealer in Arizona and imported it to Canada without problems. We had followed the rules on the website posted earlier. Buying privately could be a problem because you MUST have a letter from the MANUFACTURER, both chassis and motorhome builders stating that all recalls have been resolved. This could be hard to get through a private sale. Most large dealers are familiar with the procedure and have the contacts. Also the purchase documents must be Faxed to the US CUSTOMS OFFICE at the crossing you are going to use, 5 business days before crossing. You must check in with them at the border and get a clearance before entering Canada and reporting to Canadian officials.
We were fortunate and bought when the US Economy had just tanked and the Canadian dollar was strong. We bought because of the selection and were able to find the perfect RV for us.
you don't have to fax the us side or stop there on the way home "BUT" u could run a risk if you returned the unit to the us for a holiday But only if and its a small if the us border did a serial number search
I was told its a 5K fine if the us catches you in the us with a exported vehicle that was not oked by the CBS at time of export
The cdn border does not care one way or the other if you stop at the us side.
