Glen41
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Laws are different everywhere.
In Texas You get a copy of title showing primary leinholder. You lock it up and don't show it to anyone unless you are selling it. When you have it paid off, you get a clear title in your name and you lock it up and don't show it to anyone unless you decide to sell or take out a 2nd mortgage.
At a campground I show insurance papers for the TV, which also covers the trailer. Registration is a sticker on the windshield and they don't check anything but the month ( if they are bright enough to count).
Anyone asking to see my title will be asked to take a close look at my dump valve.
Now if I cross over to Mexico, it's a whole other story. They try to sell you a temp Mexican Insurance policy (yeah right), and other stuff. But usually certified copys of everything but the passports will do unless the crossing dude thinks he can put more squeeze on you ( it used to depend on where you crossed. I haven't tried since 9-11). They used to be very creative about papers and charges. The U.S. side was always pretty good unless you were bringing produce. Alcohol was good. Lettuce or fruit could get you arrested.
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Bumpyroad
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nny12972 wrote:Proper license and rabies TAGS for dogs, issued by home state, are all that is required---or "demandable" in the states.
In the 50 states, other than carrying the home-state issued vehicle "registration document" and proof of insurance, and having required tags/stickers displayed/carried as required, the carrying and/or "showing" of titles, MSOs, or other certificates is not required, NOR can they be required by anyone but a court---not even LEOs or CGs!
J
Hogwash, a campground can set most any requirements that they darn well please. nobody has to stay there. AFAIK, there is no antidiscrimination statute pertaining to dogs.
If I carried a title, it would be just a copy of it anyhow, not the original.
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Bumpyroad
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Sluggo54 wrote:
Say what? Never heard of this... He who asked for a title (in this case, it was a fifth wheel) might be advised to osculate a nearby posterior.
Sluggo
and he who sez that might just be told to find some other place to stay.
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wny_pat
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Leeblev wrote:Sounds like there is confusion between the title and registration of the vehicle.
Do not carry the title with you in the RV unless you are planning on selling it. It is a very foolish thing to do. If someone gets the title, they have the ability to re-register it as theirs and you will have difficulty recovering your property.
All that is required is that you carry the registration certificate in the vehicle and show it to LE when requested. As to showing it to a CG operator: Why? I agree. Don't know what they call a registration in foreign countrys. They might just call it a title. The word "bloke" may mean the same thing is the dicationary, but is not used the same way in Australia as it is in England.
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Mousefart
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Heck, I haven't seen a title to any of my vehicles in decades. I usually trade them long before the payments are done.
Kinda like leasing but without all the restrictions I guess.
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ShapeShifter
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Leeblev wrote:Do not carry the title with you in the RV unless you are planning on selling it. It is a very foolish thing to do. If someone gets the title, they have the ability to re-register it as theirs and you will have difficulty recovering your property.
All that is required is that you carry the registration certificate in the vehicle and show it to LE when requested.
I'm pretty sure a NY state title (or at least the papers that come with it) state to keep the title in a secure place and specifically state NOT to keep it in the vehicle. As Leeblev and others have pointed out, all a theif needs to do is forge a signature on the back, and the vehicle is theirs. NY is another of the states that immediate issues a title to the owner (if you call waiting a few weeks immediate!) even if there are lien holders. The lien holders are simply noted at the bottom of the title, and you will need a subsequent lien release to sell the vehicle.
And as far as carrying the registration, in NY, it's legal to have a photocopy of the registration to show law enforcement. The only time you really need the original registration certificate is if you are trying to sell a vehicle that is less than 1000 pounds, because such vehicles are not titled in NY. So, in my ATVs, I only carry a copy of the registration, the original certificate is locked up with my other vehicle title certificates. If I kept the original registration with the ATV, again, all a thief would have to do is sign the back and the ATV is theirs.
wa8yxm wrote:And I like the way you phrased what you might well ask the person asking for the title to do.. That was very good 
(Wonder how many either 1: Had to google the verb, or 2: Just said "What is he talking about?")
I actually had to go back and see what you were talking about. When I first read it I chuckled and didn't think anything more about it. One time when I had to look up a word like that was many years ago when I bought a new computer. In the opening of the manual the first paragraph said something like: "Congratulations on the purchase of your new Apple II computer. With proper care, and barring defenestration, it should last for many years." At the time, I had to look up defenestration, and it turns out the word is perfect. There are many times I've been tempted to defenestrate my computers since then! 
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D & M
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All of the ones we have been to only wanted to see the "Cash".
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nny12972
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"Hogwash, a campground can set most any requirements that they darn well please. nobody has to stay there. AFAIK, there is no antidiscrimination statute pertaining to dogs.
If I carried a title, it would be just a copy of it anyhow, not the original.
bumpy"
although a CG can set SOME rules, they can't play games with Title or V & T documents nor require to see them or copies----not anywhere. My vehicle and/or dog tags are good in all 50 states!
Regarding dogs---they MAY not allow them, but TAGS are PROOF that's required---period.
I think the OP has his document names confused.
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Skid Row Joe
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A registration certificate, should provide proof that you are the rightful owner of said RV. The registration certificate should back-up and verify the license plate number your rig has is legitimate and up to date too. At least, that's how I understand it in the different states I've licensed vehicles/RVs in.
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Skid Row Joe
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Bumpyroad wrote:Hogwash, a campground can set most any requirements that they darn well please. nobody has to stay there. AFAIK, there is no antidiscrimination statute pertaining to dogs.
If I carried a title, it would be just a copy of it anyhow, not the original.
bumpy If you stayed at Wal*Mart, you wouldn't be hassled by some ding-bat at a RV park in the first place.
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