Guidance
Selling small trailers
Rules on certificates you need to provide and details you need to record when selling small trailers and larger trailers that are exempt from annual testing.
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There are rules you must follow when selling:
- small trailers (trailers with a 鈥榤aximum authorised mass鈥� (MAM) of no more than 3,500kg
- trailers that are exempt from the MOT (annual test) with a MAM of 3,500kg or more
If the trailer has not been sold before, when you sell the trailer you must:
- provide the buyer with a certificate of approval
- record and keep certain information about the trailer
It鈥檚 against the law to sell the trailer without doing this.
You can be fined or in serious cases be sent to prison for up to 3 months for not following these rules.
Updates to this page
Published 7 December 2022
Last updated 19 December 2022
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Updated to include trailers with a maximum authorised mass (MAM) of 3,500kg or more that are exempt from the MOT (annual test).
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First published.