Importing a utility trailer from Canada to the U.S.

lakeside013104 wrote:
Purchase a transporter tag / plate from your local DMV office. Show up at U.S. Customs with transporter plate on trailer. Have the CBP form #6059B completed and declare your trailer to the receiving agent.

Google form #6059B and print off CBP website or PM me and I will send you a link.

Should not be a problem to import on a personal declaration as long as you accompany the item being imported. If you have a commercial entity bring the trailer across the border for you, and you are NOT present, the trailer will need to be entered (formal entry) by a broker.

Lakeside

Thanks, Lakeside. Can't do this as temp plates can only be issued for vehicles/trailers that already have a record here in AZ; first place I checked was AZDOT about this. I've been told that 1 or 2 Customs forms and a bill of sale is all I should need. Canada doesn't use titles for trailers. I've also since spoken to the owner of the trailer mfr in MB and she was very helpful and said she'd have no problem in writing a letter stating that this trailer met the 1996 specs for US DOT. Trailer was mfr'd in '96.

Lyle

Allworth wrote:
The computer and telephone are your friends. Look up Canadian tag authorities and U.S. Customs then call and ask.

Why would anyone on this forum know more than the people who enforce the rules?

Someone who's actually =done= this is likely to know more than the usual drones you get on the phone, which is why I asked.

Lyle

Purchase a transporter tag / plate from your local DMV office. Show up at U.S. Customs with transporter plate on trailer. Have the CBP form #6059B completed and declare your trailer to the receiving agent.

Google form #6059B and print off CBP website or PM me and I will send you a link.

Should not be a problem to import on a personal declaration as long as you accompany the item being imported. If you have a commercial entity bring the trailer across the border for you, and you are NOT present, the trailer will need to be entered (formal entry) by a broker.

Lakeside

The computer and telephone are your friends. Look up Canadian tag authorities and U.S. Customs then call and ask.

Why would anyone on this forum know more than the people who enforce the rules?

rskeans wrote:
My opinion is to bring it to the States with a clear title. Then just go to the your local DMV and register it in your state. Should be a non-problem.

Canada does not have titles for utility trailers. I =think= there is a single Customs form to fill out, but am still trying to confirm. The other issue is the tags. If I were going t'other way, I'd get a "take out" temp plate from AZ MVD to leave the state, but don't know about bringing one in. If the tags are still valid, I'm wondering if I can just bring it down and mail the plate back, as the easiest solution.

Lyle

My opinion is to bring it to the States with a clear title. Then just go to the your local DMV and register it in your state. Should be a non-problem.