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bajachris
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Not allowed to enter Baja?
We were recently were not allowed to enter Baja because we did not have the registration for our utility trailer. Had the registration for the quad
inside the trailer. Mexico secondary inspector actually opened up the gates back to the US, and told us to go home and get the registration for the
little trailer. Keep in mind this trailer has entered Baja more times than I can count and we've never had our registration with us and have never
been asked for it. I have heard of this happening for camper trailers.
If you are coming from somewhere really far away, I highly advice having all the registration in your name with you. Wow, imagine having to return to
Canada!
Has anyone else been turned around for any other reasons, fire wood.... food... construction material....? This was a 4 hour time waster in my
opinion. US customs claim that if you don't have your registration in Mexico, they can take your trailer.
The funny part was some dude in the US boarder wait said he would store our trailer until we crossed again. Wow, how dumb would we be? We didn't let
him.
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BajaBlanca
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we were indeed sent back once when we had some stuff to declare, went into the declare lane, and they told us to go to the Otay border crossing to
declare it...very frustrating trip ....
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Bajajorge
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You gotta have the stinkin papers at all times. Si Si Si
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajajorge
You gotta have the stinkin papers at all times. Si Si Si |
That's about the size of it, Bajachris. I know you arn't in the mood for a lecture, but we have to think ahead and be ready for all eventuallities.
Leave nothing to chance.
The border we knew is history.
[Edited on 6-15-2010 by DENNIS]
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MrBillM
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Baja No Go
It was about Fifteen years ago that I was (almost) turned back for not having the Legal Docs for one of my ATCs with me. First time in years that I'd
been asked and I'd left them in the other truck. After a long discussion (thinking that it was a problem to be solved by Mordida) with one of the
REAL agents (Gun on Hip), I was told that I had to go back.
After I hung my head, said "OK, you're right, it's my fault. No Problema", the agent patted me on the back and said "Ok, you can go this time, but
not again".
It's ALWAYS been the law and we don't follow it at our own peril.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajajorge
You gotta have the stinkin papers at all times. Si Si Si |
i think you also need to carry reg papers for trailer while driving in US, so seems you should always carry papers in each country. i think,...
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DENNIS
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.....not to mention a seperate insurance policy for the trailer in Mexico.
Soooo many details.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
After I hung my head, said "OK, you're right, it's my fault. No Problema", the agent patted me on the back and said "Ok, you can go this time, but
not again".
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They do like to be the savior in a human drama. It's a nice trait, I think.
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Curt63
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Also, if you are carrying other peoples vehicles(quads, bikes), its a very good idea to have the titles, registrations and a letter of permission to
use and transport from the owner.
No worries
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bajachris
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Has anyone been turned around for anything else?
I heard some nonsense about fire wood?
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
i think you also need to carry reg papers for trailer while driving in US, so seems you should always carry papers in each country. i think,...
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I have NEVER carried registration papers for my trailers, EVER, in Baja or the USA or Canada. I am not sure I even know where they are. I guess I
have just been lucky. Thanks for the heads up---------another pain in the rear--------Jeeeeezo things are gettin complicated! 
Barry
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Bob and Susan
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my papers were checked last time i took the utility trailer
it's normal
when driving in the states isn't it required
to have the registration in the car
when pulling a trailer on the street? YES
in fact someone crossing back to the usa
was getting hasseled in secondary because
they didn't have papers for a utility trailer
i've been going to secondary alot recently
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajachris
Has anyone been turned around for anything else?
I heard some nonsense about fire wood? |
That one's been around for years. No leña. A few years back, my buddy got turned around because he had a pickup full of scrap from a construction
site for firewood.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i've been going to secondary alot recently |
Maybe you're on the dreaded chitlist. 
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i've been going to secondary alot recently |
Maybe you're on the dreaded chitlist. |
no kidding. not good. but I'd love to get a quick look at that computer screen someday... fat chance of that.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Bob and Susan
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yea me too
the last few times "you hit he lottery"
"totally random check" haha
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Tbone
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I got the boot in April trying to cross through TJ on my way to LA Bay. I had 2 dirt bikes in the back of my truck, 1 that has never been registered
because it is mainly ridden on a motocross track the other hadn’t been registered for a couple of years. I figured they just wanted proof that they
were ours so we brought the pink slips (kinda). I couldn’t find the pink for my Honda 500 so I brought the 1 for my Honda jet ski. We went into
secondary where they asked for the registrations, I gave them the pink slips and they said no that they wanted the registrations. I told them that
these we race bikes which do not have to be registered in the states if they are ridden on tracks and that we were going to race in LA Bay (we
weren’t). I tried everything I could think of but they wouldn’t budge, they opened the gate in the fence and told us adios. There must have been 5
agents that looked at our pinks but not one of them said anything about 1 being for a jet ski just that they weren’t registrations. We crossed back
across to the states and put the bikes in storage and continued down to LA Bay and fished and got drunk and had a blast anyway. It was still super fun
LA Bay but without the bikes. 10 or 12 cervesas later it was “what bikes”.
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TMW
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If you bring two or more bikes back into the US and you're by yourself they may question you and want to see the papers. It happen to me a couple of
years ago. I took two bikes to Catavina to ride with a friend and when I returned thru Tecate they questioned me about them and I had to show them
papers on both to prove they were mine.
These were motorcycles not bicycles.
[Edited on 6-15-2010 by TW]
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805gregg
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You need the original registration, copies won't work in Mex.
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajachris
Has anyone else been turned around for any other reasons |
Once in 1969. My hair was too long.
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