Specialty vehicle appraisals
Certified appraisers
Accepted in all 50 states and DC
Same-day available
Boats, RVs, motorcycles, and trailers are titled property with all the same paperwork problems as cars, plus serial numbers in strange places. We appraise all of it: at the dock, the barn, or the pad in Texas, and 100% online everywhere else. $250 flat, 24-48 hours.
Titled property, unusual paperwork
Every category here has its own quirks. Texas boats and outboard motors title through the Parks & Wildlife Department, not the DMV. Homemade and farm trailers raise serial-number questions the county will ask. Marine, RV, and powersports markets sit outside the automotive guides entirely. A generalist car appraiser meets these once a year; we meet them every week.
Whether the job is an insurance dispute over a flooded bass rig, a resale value on a gooseneck, or an agreed value on a motorhome, the deliverable is the same: a certified appraisal prepared for the office or carrier that has to receive it. We appraise specialty vehicles in all 50 states and DC.
WHAT'S INCLUDED: $250 FLAT
- HIN, VIN, or serial verification, wherever it hides
- Boats appraised with motor and trailer broken out
- Homemade and farm trailer documentation
- Comparable sales from the marine, RV, or powersports market
- Insurance, agreed-value, and resale valuations
- In-person inspection in Texas, 100% online everywhere else
Same three steps, different driveway
Call with the particulars
What it is, where it sits, and which office is asking for paperwork. Flat quote on the call.
We come to it, or you send photos
In Texas: marina, storage yard, pasture, or mobile home park, with serial verification, photos, and condition notes. Everywhere else, you send the photos and serial shots and we work from those.
Paperwork that fits the office
TPWD, TDHCA, county clerk, your insurer, or a lender: the appraisal arrives within 24-48 hours, formatted for whoever has to accept it.
Every specialty vehicle appraisal: $250, flat
$250 flat for boats, RVs, motorcycles, powersports, and trailers, whether we come to it in Texas or handle it online from your photos. If you're in Texas and the job is a bonded title on a specialty vehicle, that runs on the bonded title appraisal at $200 flat instead.
From $200
Specialty appraisals by state
Boat, RV and motorcycle questions
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- Can you appraise a boat and its motor and trailer together?
- Do you handle RVs and motorhomes?
- Can you help with a bonded title on a boat, motorcycle, or trailer?
- Can you appraise a specialty vehicle without seeing it?
- Will my insurer accept it for an agreed-value policy?
- How long does the value stay current?
- Yes. Boat, outboard, and trailer often title separately and are frequently insured separately, so we can value the package as a unit or itemize each component. Tell us which the receiving office needs and the report is built that way.
- Yes: Class A, B, and C motorhomes, fifth wheels, travel trailers, toy haulers, and truck campers. Motorhomes get chassis and coach assessed separately, since drivetrain condition and living-quarters condition move value in different directions.
- In Texas, yes. That work runs on the bonded title appraisal at $200 flat, and note that Texas boats and outboards title through the Parks & Wildlife Department rather than the DMV, while homemade trailers may need an assigned serial number first. Outside Texas we don't handle bonded titles, though we can still appraise the vehicle for insurance, resale, or a court matter.
- In Texas we come to it: marina, storage yard, pasture, or pad. Everywhere else, a thorough photo set (exterior, interior, engine or drivetrain, hull or frame, and clear serial-number shots) plus service and upgrade records lets a certified appraiser document condition and value to professional standards.
- It's one of the most common reasons owners order one. Specialty vehicles are chronically misvalued by standard policy software, and an agreed-value or stated-value policy needs documented support. The report is prepared for exactly that use, though your carrier makes the final call on the policy.
- Marine, RV, and powersports markets move seasonally. Most insurers, lenders, and buyers want an appraisal dated within the last 12-24 months.
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Do bankruptcy courts require a professional appraisal?
Often filed together
Bonded title
The certified value that sets your surety bond, documented to what your Texas county motor vehicle office expects.
Classic & collector
Agreed-value and resale numbers built from real auction and dealer comps, not a depreciation curve. $250 flat.
Insurance total loss
Storm season totals thousands of cars a year, so bring your own ACV number to the claim.
Do bankruptcy courts require a professional appraisal?
Tell us what you're solving.
Lost title, lowball offer, tax bill that doesn't match the truck. We've filed a thousand of each. 281-709-3436, or send the form.
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