avoid sales tax.

Lots of folks used to license their LQ in Oregon and Montana because they had no Sales Tax and very low property tax. Laws have changed some and I understand it's more difficult to do now days. A friend of mine bought a nice Hart LQ and had it delivered to Montana where he went and picked it up. He wore montana plates for at least the 1st year. He said he had to play some games to get it done.

Can't you just get a new title in the state where you reside?  Guess that might be a little trickier if the bank is holding the title. But if you hold clear title, just register it in the new state.

 You are not changing ownership of the trailer, just change the location of where it resides.

Just as if you moved from Oregon to Texas, you would get a new title and license plate for your car.

Tennessee is the same as Kentucky.

It is immaterial where or whether one owns property;  the state where one is domiciled is more important and that is not necessarily the place one resides. 

Gee I don't know about all the shenanigans involved .. but in Michigan they issue ... PERMANENT trailer tags. OH yeah.  (and then they complain because they have not money)

I can't remember the full breakdown, but my first trailer, that was under 2500 pounds empty, was $75.

NExt category is 2500 - 9999 pounds (empty weight) for $200.

Then, 10,000 and over: $300. 

Private or commercial.

That's it. No renewal, no inspections, nothing.  

Not counting sales tax of course. 

Maine is legal to tag out of state trailers.  That's why all the Tractor trailers have Maine tags.  They even have agencies that will do all the work for you.  I just called to have new title registration papers sent to me and the guy told me to register it as trailer only (not a LQ/camper).  I deal directly with Maine DMV and renew every 2 yrs on line.  The agencies can get you 10 year tags.  DE doubled their registration last year and my trailer tags would be $200 a year. Maine is $43 for 2 years.

I know that here it's a state law that you are supposed to get new plates within so many days of moving into the state ( I think 90days)  Cops cruise appartment complexs and Motel parking lots at night and run out of state plates. They occassionally catch the fleeing felon from out of state. But they also occassionally ticket somebody for not getting their new plates.

Also if they pull you over for any reason, they look at your drivers license, license plate on the vehicles, and your insurance papers, They of course should all match. If your Drivers license says you live in Utah, then your plates and insurance papers should all say the same.

And that is the magic word...it is NOT illegal...YET...if a state legislator suddenly got a bee in his bonnet about LOST REVENUE...he/she could probably run a bill thru the legislature in ONE session...

Paul I am a lil dense sometimes so please help me out....If I have Md dl, Md plates on my truck, proof of insurance from an ins co and a Maine tag on my trailer, you believe I might have a problem? That may be so but probably only in Iowa. I pull my trailer with no tag and have done so for as long as I have been pulling trailers. Have never been stopped for no tag on my trailer. But I do not speed and I always check my lights before pulling out. I am legal in KY and TN with no tag on my trailer. Currently I have houses in both states, so I am running TN tags on my car and KY tags on my truck....and still have a TN dl.

So where is my domicile?

I also live in Kentucky, I travel all over central US with no tags on my trailer and I have also never been stopped and checked for anything. I also drive the speed limits or 5-7 mph over. All my lights work and some of my trailers have even had a few extra lights. 

I don't see the problem, license it where ever it's cheapest.

If you have a residence in a state with no tag requirement at all, why would you tag your trailer in Maine?

I was responding to an individual that has no tie to Maine other than having plates issued from there...

If you reread what I wrote...I said that it would NOT be unusual for a state legislator to decide to improve the revenue picture of his/her state by passing a law making a resident have all of their vehicles, trailers, atvs, boats, et cetera licensed in the state of their residence...ONCE THAT HAPPENED, you would be required by law to by licensed in state of residence...

MD, which you chose as an example, says you have 90 days upon establishing residency to get licensed in that state.

It really comes down to where you file your state tax return, if the state you live in has that...

If you are licensing out of state to AVOID personal property tax...I think those states will take exception to the idea...