US citizen buying an RV in Canada

Tom/Barb wrote:

JaxDad wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

Islandman wrote:
Excellent advice, follow the rules and set an example of a good law abiding citizen.

Getting US plates on that trailer is as legal as it gets. you will be required to get them no matter where the trailer is.

Get the numbers from the seller, bill of sale, and register it here. take the plates up when you go get it. tow it back across the border the customs is none the wiser.

Our DMV doesn't give a hoot what plates are on it now, you'll still pay the import fees/taxes.

Except you CAN’T LEGALLY import a vehicle without physically presenting it to Customs for inspection.

If it was as easy as you’re trying to make it sound it is there would be no question of admissibility because it had been ‘imported’ before it ever got to the border.

It’s curious that you’re now mentioning import fees & taxes. Just a few posts ago you were bypassing the border completely by falsely obtaining US registration before bringing the unit into the US.

BTW, how exactly would you pay the fees & taxes if you’re bringing it with US registration and NOT declaring it at Customs?

I’m pretty sure the nice folks at the border WOULD give a ‘hoot’ about how you got US registration on a vehicle that had NOT been imported.

In this state you simply pay those fees/taxes at DMV.
when you obtain the trailer's numbers from the Canadian seller this should be in the form of a bill of sale. Which is legal enough to get registration and plates.
a trailer with US plates, being towed by a car/truck with US plates will not attract any attention by customs. That is about as normal as it gets.