Sounds like the truck never really left Arizona, and the previous owner ran into titling problems in the past. Probably "sold" it to someone in an RV friendly state, had it retitled as an RV in that state, and "bought" it back as an RV. Your problem is Arizona is already wise to your particular truck. I don't know about AZ in particular, but some mention has been made on the forum that some states will now not allow an RV title if it has a fifth wheel installed. Have you inquired about if you remove the fifth wheel and convert to a "ball hitch"? You will really mean gooseneck, but ball is the appropriate legal term as opposed to fifth wheel. That may fix the problem. Or remove the hitch entirely to get the inspection done. With no hitch it is just an RV missing a big square piece of the box coincidentally in the area a fifth wheel would go on a semi, right?
All that aside, you may be out of luck, my local DMV here in OH has a picture taped to the wall of a full blown Renegade toter home with big magic marker "this is not an RV!".
Good luck!
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