"U-bilt" vehicles and trailers

Do you own a vehicle or trailer that has been homemade, or otherwise fits the description of a u-bilt vehicle or a u-bilt trailer?

If it meets B.C.'s registration requirements, you can get it licensed and insured, and put it on the road.

Registering a u-bilt vehicle or trailer

To qualify for registration, the vehicle must meet equipment standards set out in B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act Regulations.

Trailers weighing more than 1,400 kilograms, gross vehicle weight, must also meet these standards.

Also, you must obtain all of the following:

• A B.C.-assigned Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) from ICBC.
• A passed vehicle inspection report from a designated inspection facility. (To find one near you, see the list of inspection facilities posted on the B.C. government's Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement website.)
  
• A weigh scale certificate (available from a Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure inspection station ).

Next, go to any Autoplan broker to apply to register the vehicle or trailer. Please bring the above documents, plus any bills of sale for major components. (If you don’t have bills of sale, you may be able to sign a statutory declaration instead.)

You will have to fill out a vehicle transfer/tax form (PDF), which the broker can provide.

If all registration requirements are met, the broker can issue licence plates and provide you with insurance.

Need more information?

Please phone Vehicle Registration Support: 604-661-6638. (We accept collect calls.)

Or, write to

ICBC - Vehicle Registration Support
Room 235 - 151 West Esplanade
North Vancouver, BC  V7M 3H9