CA camper titles?

I know that in CA you can make bill of sale on a piece of toilet paper and nobody will care.
I got title for my TC from Michigan, but nobody wanted to see it CA, so if you sell TC in CA you sell it just like bathroom cabinet.
Don't know how the sell of TC from CA to other state would look like, but I did register older, unregistered vehicles in the past and worse case scenario DMV will give you temporary sticker and do title research.
I am pretty skeptic about efficiency of such search. My friend got his contractor's trailer stolen from Bay Area freeway when he left it with flat tire. Even hitch lock did not help.
I heard from several sources that contractor's trailers are getting stole in the state on regular bases, so somebody is finding a way to use them without a title even when registration is needed.

jmcgsd wrote:

zcookiemonstar wrote:

jmcgsd wrote:
I actually am somewhat surprised that you can get a loan on a TC in a non title state. After all, it's basically a non secured loan. There is nothing to stop you for offering it for sale on Craigslist for example and just writing the purchaser a receipt. Since they don't need to register it in any way it seems as though the trail can disappear in a heartbeat.

Like a stolen computer possibly if the new owner requests service work on it, the loan company could pick up the trail, otherwise it seems to me it would just disappear.

People are able to finance all kinds of things without a title. Financing furniture for a house can be just as much or more than a Truck camper. Not saying I would do it but a lot of people do.

Agreed.

Actually there are some real advantages to the way a TC is treated in California. Don't want to hijack the thread, so maybe I'll just explore some of my thoughts in the future in a new thread.

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zcookiemonstar wrote:

jmcgsd wrote:
I actually am somewhat surprised that you can get a loan on a TC in a non title state. After all, it's basically a non secured loan. There is nothing to stop you for offering it for sale on Craigslist for example and just writing the purchaser a receipt. Since they don't need to register it in any way it seems as though the trail can disappear in a heartbeat.

Like a stolen computer possibly if the new owner requests service work on it, the loan company could pick up the trail, otherwise it seems to me it would just disappear.

People are able to finance all kinds of things without a title. Financing furniture for a house can be just as much or more than a Truck camper. Not saying I would do it but a lot of people do.

Agreed.

Actually there are some real advantages to the way a TC is treated in California. Don't want to hijack the thread, so maybe I'll just explore some of my thoughts in the future in a new thread.

jmcgsd wrote:
I actually am somewhat surprised that you can get a loan on a TC in a non title state. After all, it's basically a non secured loan. There is nothing to stop you for offering it for sale on Craigslist for example and just writing the purchaser a receipt. Since they don't need to register it in any way it seems as though the trail can disappear in a heartbeat.

Like a stolen computer possibly if the new owner requests service work on it, the loan company could pick up the trail, otherwise it seems to me it would just disappear.

People are able to finance all kinds of things without a title. Financing furniture for a house can be just as much or more than a Truck camper. Not saying I would do it but a lot of people do.

pcoplin wrote:

Super_Dave wrote:
Dealer I bought from is out of business. I got a letter from the loan company saying that they have released interest. I do not have anything that looks like a certificate of origin. I do, however, have my signed contract when I purchased the camper.

If you were the original buyer, I'd call Eagle Cap and see if they can get you a copy. They should have all of the records for it.

My generation of Eagle Cap is no longer in business either.

If you finance your camper in the state of California usually the lender will make you register your camper through California Housing and Urban Development or HUD for short. They deal with mobile homes and Truck Campers although the people that work there never heard of a TC which is funny to me. There is one lady that works there that knows her stuff on TC's but I forgot her name. I paid cash for my camper but I registered it with HUD anyway just because it makes me feel better and my insurance company likes it too. It only costs a one time fee of about 30 bucks and you get a registration sticker to put on your camper. It well worth it in my opinion because now there is no question who owns it.

Super_Dave wrote:
Dealer I bought from is out of business. I got a letter from the loan company saying that they have released interest. I do not have anything that looks like a certificate of origin. I do, however, have my signed contract when I purchased the camper.

If you were the original buyer, I'd call Eagle Cap and see if they can get you a copy. They should have all of the records for it.

Dealer I bought from is out of business. I got a letter from the loan company saying that they have released interest. I do not have anything that looks like a certificate of origin. I do, however, have my signed contract when I purchased the camper.

If you are ever needing to transfer to Oregon (please don't, the rest of the planet is moving here :) ), you'll need Certificate Of Origin to apply for a title here.

I didn;t buy a nice camper last year because of this. And Lance would only give a copy to the original selling dealer, and the dealer wouldn't order one for me or the owner because neither of us was the original owner.

So if you may ever want to move here, call your dealer or Eagle Cap and try to get a Cert of Origin for your files.

I actually am somewhat surprised that you can get a loan on a TC in a non title state. After all, it's basically a non secured loan. There is nothing to stop you for offering it for sale on Craigslist for example and just writing the purchaser a receipt. Since they don't need to register it in any way it seems as though the trail can disappear in a heartbeat.

Like a stolen computer possibly if the new owner requests service work on it, the loan company could pick up the trail, otherwise it seems to me it would just disappear.