See full version: How to Register Homemade Cargo Trailers in Indiana
Visit any Indiana license branch during business hours and ask for the Application for Certificate of Title - State Form 205. You can also download and print the form from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or BMV, website, using the link in the Resources section. Fill the form out completely, and return it to the BMV. BMV workers will issue a Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN, for your trailer.
Download and print the form Affidavit of Police Officer/Physical Inspection of an Indiana Resident's Vehicle/Watercraft - State Form 39530 from the Indiana BMV website. A link to this form is in the Resources section. Call your local police department and ask for a vehicle inspection. The police officer who inspects your cargo trailer and completes the form can charge a fee up to $5 for this service. more
Take your trailer to a certified scale for an official gross weight. Scale workers will give you a receipt showing your trailer's weight. [links]
Your duplicate title will be mailed to you.
Indiana BMV
100 N. Senate Ave.
Room 411
Indianapolis, IN 46204
There are four ways to get a duplicate title in the state of Indiana. You can do it online, by mail, at a local BMV branch, or through a BMV Certified Partner. Regardless of which option you choose, there are several steps that must be followed.
Before you can apply for a duplicate title, you’ll need the following:
Mail your paperwork and other information (including copies of your ID and vehicle information) to this address: [links]
Note that any form of ID used must be currently valid. here
For example, a friend of mine who reconstructs cars told me that sometimes cars seized from drug dealers or stolen cars found after the insurance company paid the owner, end up at salvage auctions, along with flood damaged or crashed cars. Some day, any of them may get e rebuilt title. It goes without saying which ones are in a better technical condition and are safer to drive, having the same title. more
As as as insurance is concerned, you won't have problems with liability coverage as the vehicle is in a roadworthy status and deemed safe, but getting full coverage with a rebuilt car title won't be easy. Check the major insurance companies like GEICO, StateFarm of Progressive - these have been known to work with problem vehicles. As to financing, in most cases the only way to finance a rebuilt title is get an unsecured personal loan. here
Another example: a car with a $4000 damage keeps a clean title after repairs because repair costs didn't exceed 70% of the car's cost. The same make and model but 3 years older with the same or even minor damage will get a salvage title because repair costs will exceed 70% of its value, although the vehicle was properly maintained and keps, carefully driven and the mileage is not sky-high. You can only tell which one is better seeeing the vehicle history with service and mileage records (a record about servicing also includes mileage, besides service description) more
In Indiana, a rebuilt title means that a vehicle received a substantial damage when estimated repair cost exceeded 70% of the fair market value or the damage was caused by a flood, and later was repaired, inspected by the police officer for stolen parts used in repair and recognized operable and roadworthy. Rebuilt title vehicles in Indiana can be previously flood damage or have not actual miles. However, both must be indicated in the title. Rebuilt title disclosure is mandatory for the seller. [links]
In that case, either you have to title the trailer with legal purchasing documents, etc., and all this stuff, or if it is homemade, then you need the VIN. And we have shown the steps here to register your trailer with the VIN and the bill receipt of sale. here
Let’s show you the entire process from the very beginning to the last. here
And then register for the license plates. Otherwise, you can’t use it conveniently on Indiana road and pay for the tickets for breaking Indiana trailer laws.
However, the trouble arises when you buy a trailer from another state where there needs no titling. You end up with no title and lacking and delay in registration and verification. more
We all know that the homemade trailer does not need a title every time; you only need the bill copy of the sale to prove the ownership. So, how can you get it registered without the title in Indiana?