Titling Info - NMVTIS

The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) is a repository for vehicle title history. To research a vehicle's title history,

There are two types of NMVTIS inquiries available:

1.Verify Validity of Title
2.Verify History of Title

Before performing an inquiry, you must know the VIN, title number, and titling state.  If you do not have this information, before a .

To verify validity of a Title

1.From the main menu, select Transaction Menu > Vehicle Inquiries > NMVTIS NM04 Verify Validity of Title (NTSAVT).
2.In the VIN field, enter the full VIN number.
3.Click the Inquire Button_Inquire button.  The system requests information from NMVTIS and displays the results in the NMVTIS Validity Inquiry form.

ico_note  While all vehicles built after 1980 had to have the standard 17 character VIN, states can still assign a VIN shorter than 17.  If the VIN you enter is less than 17 characters, NMVTIS will return a warning message, which you can ignore.

To verify history of a Title

ico_key NTSAVH V=<vin#>

1.From the main menu, select Transaction Menu > Vehicle Inquiries > NMVTIS NM14 Verify History of Title (NTSAVH).
2.In the VIN field, enter the full VIN number.
3.Click the Inquire Button_Inquire button.  The system requests information from NMVTIS and displays the results in the NMVTIS History Inquiry form.

Topic Last Edited: 2/6/2014