The moment I hear it I get twitchy. I start to sweat. It typically goes something like this:
I just bought a used trailer from a guy in Maine.
Did he give you a title?
A title? No, he never registered it.
What do you have?
A trailer …
Recently & currently, a client bought a used trailer and the seller gave her the Certificate of Origin (CO). Here at insurance agency central, the alarms started to go off. How can someone sell a vehicle with a CO? It should be a title or, if no title, then the previous registration.
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles requires proof of prior ownership.