Trailer Registration ..how does it work?

Shouldn't the leasing company provide the tag?

 

It depends on the expected outcome at the end of the deal. Could be either way.

On a rental you probably won't keep at the end, it should already be titled and registered to the leasing company.

If you're doing a lease-buyout deal, where the intent is ownership at the end, they often title/register like a finance deal. In the lessee's name with the lessor as a lien holder. I have one like this.

I have no idea what it costs to title or register a trailer in PA. Knowing PA, it's probably expensive. Call or stop by the office that issues them and just ask. For what it's worth, in Georgia you pay a flat $50 fee to get the plate, then every year they bill you a $20 tag fee plus ad valorem tax based on the value of the trailer, roughly 2% if memory serves.

My trailers are now titled and registered in Maine via an agency. It saves me a ton of money. There are several agencies there. I used staabagency.com. Great service with no problems, even on a new trailer title and registration. Their website has good information about the process.

 

There's no property tax you pay if registered in Maine.last time I registered my trailer think it was$150 for a 5 year tag

 

I went thru the same thing,PA is a title state which means the trailer must be titeld in PA so you can get it registered.
Either u get the leasing company to give you power of attorney to get a dummy title(thats what penndot call it) or like it was said just get a maine registration.in my experience the leasing company got me maine plates on their dime

 

Trailer tags are cheap and easy. Get a 30 day temp to get it home and then buy a permanent tag once your back to pa. The possible down side to a Pa plate is that you have to get a Pa inspection. You can't go just anywhere to get it. But.... I've heard that Pa DOT will now accept a federal highway inspection sticker.

 

Staab Agency,for Maine registration.All my trailers,flipaxles,goosemecks,race car trailer,etc. tagged in Maine.No sales tax,no state inspection.These people have been doing this forever,and will steer you right.
Staab Agency