Do I Need To Register An Upper

Q: If my trailer is 2001 and is 1,999 pounds gross weight, practice I need the championship or simply the old registration to register it?

— Bearding

A: Our website (dmv.ri.gov) has a whole page dedicated to trailer registrations. You can find it nether the "Registration, Plates & Titles" tab, then the "Registrations" tab and then "Trailer Registrations." All forms needed for this transaction can be printed from here also, or under the "Forms" tab.

Trailers (that are not designated as campers) that take a iii,000 pound GVWR or less do not crave a title in our state, no matter the year.

To register the trailer, you would need a beak of sale or gift letter from the seller, as well as "proof of ownership" from that seller. Examples of proof of ownership would be a stamped sales tax receipt in the seller'due south name or an old registration issued in the seller'south name. (An former championship issued in the seller's proper noun would likewise plant proof of ownership.) You lot would also need to complete a TR-1 form and your own sales tax form to complete the transaction at the DMV. RI insurance is needed, too, merely the insurance is on the vehicle that is towing the trailer.

Q: I've been thinking of ordering a special plate from a nonprofit organization. Can I request the same plate number as my current regular plate?

— Anne, Portsmouth

A: One of the good things about ordering a charity plate is that you keep your current registration! All you lot're doing is changing the background design of it. You lot're too supporting a local charity and its cause.

If you lot go to our website (dmv.ri.gov), and then go to "Registration, Plates & Titles" tab and then the "License Plates" tab, you'll see "Charity Plates." Click on this and you will see all the clemency plates that are in product, forth with charities that are taking preorders to encounter their minimum number before the plate is put in production, and you will also find forms needed to guild the charity plate of your choice.

Plates that are currently in product are generally made in a couple of weeks. Nosotros will mail the charity plates out to yous, forth with new stickers and a new registration certificate indicating a plate blueprint alter.

The charities that are taking preorders will place your lodge and your payment in an escrow account. Once the charity has met their minimum number of preorders, you will go a observe that the plate has been ordered for you.

Generally, with the initial plate order for a clemency, a special upshot is held to distribute all the plates. After the initial order, the DMV takes over the orders and mails out the plates.

Remember that clemency plates are not part of the land reissuance plan. Merely blueish "moving ridge" plates will be replaced, and this program will begin sometime this summertime.

Chuck Hollis is assistant administrator of the Rhode Isle Division of Motor Vehicles. Please e-mail your questions to cars@providencejournal.com with "Enquire the DMV" in the subject field.