How Do You Run A Vin Search On A Vehicle Title?

Why You Should Run the VIN
If you’re looking to purchase a motor vehicle or need to get information on a car or truck, you want to run the VIN. You want to check the background of that vehicle’s history to run a background check on that title. There are a couple of ways you can do it, but one of the best online ways is through this website: vinarching.com. It’s a website where you can just type in your VIN number, hit enter, and it’ll give you a printout of the vehicle history. It’ll tell you about things on the vehicle that may prevent you from getting a title.

What the Vehicle History Reveals
The report may tell you about the last title history and inform you about brands on the title. Is it a junk vehicle? Has it ever been in an accident? Is it parts only? Is it a salvage? This way, when you’re buying the vehicle, you’ll know about what happened to that vehicle in the past. The VIN number report will also help you determine if the seller is telling you the truth about their title history. Sometimes sellers will tell you, “Yeah, I had this car title in my name. I just lost the title.” When, in fact, they’re flipping it. They never had the title in their name. They just got it from somebody, never got a title, and they’re trying to pawn it off on you.

Hidden Truths About Car Titles
There are a lot of other things that a title history will tell you that you want to know before you buy. First of all, are there any back taxes? For instance, if the person who owned it didn’t pay their registration or fees, that debt is now attached to the vehicle, and you would have to pay for it. There’s also the possibility of liens, which, if there’s a lien on a vehicle, might block a title transfer.

Do Your Due Diligence
Either way, if you’re going to invest money in a vehicle, especially from a private sale, but even from a dealer, you want to make sure that you have full knowledge of the VIN history and vehicle history. You are performing your due diligence and not just taking the word of the seller. Look, the most clichéd liar in history is the used car salesman—not just at dealerships, but anybody selling a car on Craigslist is technically a used car seller.

Don’t Buy Blindly
They’re trying to sell you the car to get you to give them money for a piece of metal. Unless you know what that VIN search says and what that vehicle history says, you’re buying a pig in a poke and could get stuck with fees or not being able to get a title. If you like this video, be sure to click on a few others on our channel to see if there’s other information that might be helpful to you about this same subject or maybe even other related subjects that could assist you.

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