I am looking at buying a used trailer and I was wondering if there was a place to find the serial numbers of all stolen trailers to make sure I don't pay a lot of money for a trailer that is stolen.  Anybody know the best way to check that?

Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge.

Start by looking here...

http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/home/searchtrailers.asp?Stolen=Yes

That's one I hadn't thought of. Thanks.

When I contacted the manufacturer of my trailer to transfer the warranty, they were able to tell me who was the original selling dealer and name of the purchaser.  If I had a reason, I could have traced the trailer's chain of owners back to myself.

If you have any doubts of the trailer's title, The rightful owner will be glad to hear from you.  And you will be too!! IF you called, before handing over a check.

Yes, titles are the norm, but have read where cars and trailers can have falsified titles...not sure how they do it.  I'm probably just being overly cautious, I still believe that 99 percent of all people have great intentions. Especially people who own or are around horses. I'm not sure about the rest of you, but the part I liked the most about my daughter being in equine activities is those were the kids I liked her being around the most. As a general rule I didn't feel like I had to worry too much when hanging around those friends. I am thinking that those kids were like that mostly because of their parents. Just good people.

As for security...good question and one I would like to know as well so you are not hijacking. I can write what I know about this subject on a postage stamp. I am here to try and learn from the experts. I think the ounce of prevention rule applies very well here. I am hoping the more I learn here, the fewer mistakes I'll make.  We'll see if that holds true.