Arizona truck camper licensing question

Lots of good information here, I needed to know all this Because I'm actually a resident of Oklahoma and Arizona. It would be Nice if it were safe to dip down in to Old Mexico when the weather is Cool. I haven't Been to Old M , since 1989 when I lived in San Diego.

Thank you everyone for responding to a very narrow question.
If Arizona is good with truck plates on the camper then that's what I'll have.
It should save an explanation to some Mexican border officer why the camper should have it's own plate according to Washington State law.
I would not be looking forward to that!

Arizona does NOT have to have a tag on the truck camper, however the licence plate has to be able to be seen on the moving vehicle.

I live in AZ. The standard plates that comes from the DMV only has one please, in AZ you only have to run one plate in the rear of the vehicle.

However if you order Vanity Plates, you get two from DMV, it's an extra $25 a year for the Vanity Plates. I mounted the second Vanity plate on the back of the camper, and then went down to DMV and told them I lost my registration sticker, they issued a duplicate, at no charge and I attached it to my vanity plate on the back of the camper. I now don't have to remove the truck plate each time I load the camper. I have a large 1121 Lance so the truck plate in the rear is concealed.

No matter, everything is legal and checks out when they run the plates. At least in AZ it's an easy fix.

Rob

Extra insurance is advisable if going south of the border. I have no desire to go there so I've never done it with a camper.
In AZ your license must be visible from the rear, and so I have to move mine to the camper when I put it on a vehicle. Now the camper is on a trailer and the license is still moved to the camper for visibility. Some camper designs may not require that.
One nice thing is that a non travel trailer in AZ can have permanent plates. I now have permanent plates on my camper since it is the trailer that is actually licensed.

I never move my plate back and forth between the truck and camper. Never had an issue with law enforcement either.

RichieC wrote:

If not, do you Arizonans take the truck license plate off the truck and put it on the camper?

Yep

In Arizona, there is no truck camper title document or state registration requirement. If selling or buying a truck camper in AZ, the bill of sale is the transfer document. For private sales, the bill of sale is not even a requirement but just a very prudent thing to do.

Although I have driven my truck and car south of the border, I have never taken my truck camper. From my experience, the main thing I would check the details on would be insurance.

I do always buy a separate Mexico vehicle insurance policy when I drive accross the border. But, I have only purchased the required liability insurance. Any insurance beyond liability for your vehicle increases the cost significantly. Plus the terms of the insurance are really not very good; check the details before buying. Several US Insurance companies now offer Mexican vehicle insurance now.

Also, I do not move my license plate from my truck to my camper.

pugslyyy wrote:

the tc life wrote:
here you go...I found this link. don't know how up to date it is though...

link

It's not accurate, at least for my state (North Carolina). It claims a title and registration is required, but neither are. You pay taxes when you buy it but never again.

I thought that was a very helpful link.
Thanks for chipping in about the accuracy of it.

The answer I'm looking for is the personal experience of someone who is (or was) an Arizona resident with a truck camper and has crossed the southern border.

. . .should have made that clear in the op.
(wahzoo where r u now?)

the tc life wrote:
here you go...I found this link. don't know how up to date it is though...

link

It's not accurate, at least for my state (North Carolina). It claims a title and registration is required, but neither are. You pay taxes when you buy it but never again.

Okay, next question for Arizonans:
If you take the truck camper into Mexico do you do anything with the truck or camper plates?
Like maybe put the truck plate on the camper?

Or do you simply leave the camper plate on and let the Mexican officer figure it out?