MA title travel trailer

[chevy0077]

I'm from Massachusetts and currently looking for my first travel trailer. I've found a nice one but the owner has no title. According to the current owner it was never titled and a title is not required in MA for a camper.

From what I can tell a title is required for all trailers over 3k lbs. They insist that registering it as a camper won't be a problem. I saw mention of "auto home" on the RMV website but see nothing that says a camper is exempt.

Does anyone know for sure if travel trailers are exempt from needing a title in MA if registered as a camper instead of as a trailer?

[Francesca_Knowl]

As you've already discovered, trailers over 3,000 pounds require Titling in Massachusetts (See below references).

Title requirements, here quoting from this link:

State of Massachusetts wrote:
Section 4. (a) Except for vehicles referred to in section two, whoever acquires a motor vehicle or trailer after the effective date of this chapter, shall be required to make application for a certificate of title. Such application shall be made within ten days from the acquisition of ownership of said vehicle or trailer.

There is a trailer-related exemption from this requirement in the section (2) mentioned above, here quoting from this page:

State of wrote:
Section 2. (a) No certificate of title need be obtained for:
.....snip...(10) Trailers having gross weight of three thousand pounds or less

Side note:

I think it would be illegal to represent a trailer as a camper in any State, and would be most uncomfortable making a purchase from someone who suggested it, perhaps having done it themselves?

EVERY trailer of reasonably recent vintage comes from its maker with what's called a "Certificate of Origin". That's the document used in all States/cases for original Titling. Hopefully you're dealing with the original owner of this unit, and that he still has that document or can acquire a copy. I strongly advise that you insist on that paperwork since you may eventually need it if, say you move or sell the trailer out of State where such Titling is required.

[HappyKayakers]

I would think your only reliable answer would come from a MA title office instead of strangers on the Internet.