Do you need rego for a trailer?

[SH00TA]

I bought a trailer a couple of years ago and then moved house. Didnt think about changing my address for the trailer when we moved.

Is there an annual rego fee for trailers which I have missed for the last couple of years which hasnt caught up to me because of the house move?

[Huggy]

Short answer, yes. Trailers need to be registered. It has a numberplate doesn't it? Anything with a numberplate will require licencing

[SH00TA]

Yes it has a number plate, so obviously registered but the real question is whether or not there is an annual fee

[Huggy]

https://online.transport.wa.gov.au/webExternal/accountlookup/?2

punch the rego into this ^

[Kristy]

renewal comes on the same form as the compulsory licence and 3rd party. That is your annual fee.

[Manyak]

Yes, it works exactly like a car rego. Only much less.

[Kristy]

if you haven't received the renewal for the lic and 3rd party for the last few years then it is currently unregistered.

edit: but you say you didn't change you address for the trailer... I woulda thunk DoT has a database - if you change your address it changes it for all vehicles? But I wouldn't assume anything with DoT...

[Manyak]

And you'll have to take it over the pits to be renewed - which is a pain in the arse!

I'll give you a carton for it!

[Captain Starfish]

The renewal notices should have followed your license and car rego etc notification address when you moved.

If you've a plate on the trailer after a couple of years you'll have to go over the pits, re-register and probably have a fine waiting for you for failing to hand in the plate, too. Worth checking because if it's sitting there they won't let you renew your driver's license.

[TROUBLE]

Did you transfer it into your name when you bought it.? If Not, you wouldn't have got the renewal.

[Huggy]

Just drive with it. What's the worst that could happen? A few speeding fines get sent to someone else?...

[out_in_front]

As there are stuff all police on the roads and they are just relying on cameras instead, I bet you could go though years of using it before getting picked up for not having a rego'd trailer. Probably save you a heap in speeding fines too.

[eejay]

I believe rego's and licenses are now linked but 3 years ago probably unlikely/incomplete. Having worked for DoT for a short time a few years ago, they are required to ask you words to the effect...."any other vehicles needing an address change as well". The most common vehicle forgotten were trailers.

[AZAZL]

If the trailer was registered to you, a notice to hand in the plates would have been sent to your last known address a couple of months after the rego expired. Failure to hand in the plates results in a fine. Failure to pay the fine can result in a fines suspension of licence.

[fredie]

number plate = rego fees . pay up now = or big trouble . could be sued for everything