Thread: How do you register a trailer in NSW?

I know the rta website is pretty useless.Its pretty simple really.I just registered my boat trailer last week all you need to do is make sure you have lights of some sort if that's a light board or attached to the trailer. And take it to a mechanic that does blue slips and he will go over it to make sure it is road worthy and might tell you that you need a couple of reflectors on the sides or back then he signs of on it and gives you the paper work then to go to the rms. rms will want a receipt so say who you brought it from and that's pretty much it. Then you pay for the number plate and rego that's it.

Thanks for that

You'll need a VIN number for the trailer as well. If the trailer's more than 26 years old (VIN numbers were standardized in 1987 for all vehicles), then just pick a series of numbers/letters 5 or 6 will do, and stamp them or weld them onto the chassis somewhere, before you take it for blue slip. Otherwise, contact the RMS and they should point you in the direction of getting one. (Although, I had a quick glance at the RMS website and there's a form to fill out for a new trailer to get the numbers, and you poor buggers get stung $60 a year for trailer rego, and then a vehicle tax (into the $$hundreds) on top of that depending on weight..!!!?? What a bunch of thievin' bastards!!)