Registering old boat trailer with no papers. Is it even possible in LA?

Here's an old thread on this exact topic:

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/outdoor/registering-a-trailer-without-papers/70011670/

Do you know any Mississippi residents?

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Get someone from Ms to walk into the tax office, tell them they have a homemade trailer with whatever serial number you want, they will give them the size and issue a tag and paper work. Make a bill of sale for a dollar to match the serial number with the tax paperwork from Mississippi.

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Otherwise, it's a total pain that takes around 9 months

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Is it a manufactured trailer, not home made, has a VIN? What state is it from? Louisiana and Mississippi require trailers to be registered so if it wasn't, that's going to be the problem.

Just went thru this. Took 9 months. Bought a boat last July and got the plate and title last month.

You have to get a Justice of The Peace to get a Judgement of Possession for you. It involves the JotP petitioning the DMV to do a history search on the trailer to ensure there's no hiccups in the title history. After calling her every month for 9 months, the JotP I was dealing with finally gave up waiting on the DMV and issued me the judgement without getting verification from the DMV. Took the judgement paperwork to the DMV and walked out in 20 minutes with a plate and registration and received the title in the mail in a week.

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Do you live in a small town? Or know a small town police chief? I went to my local sheriff and told them I built a trailer. It was an older modified factory built trailer that I had on our property. The sheriff came over and stamped it for me. I'm not a criminal, so he trusted I didn't steal it.

If not through him, the trailer was gonna be scrap.