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New DMV online app allows instant check of
vehicle-title status |
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August 19, 2015 |
Check the status of your motor-vehicle title
online and for free using a new Vehicle Title
Status Checker app, recently launched by the
Idaho Transportation Department’s Division of
Motor Vehicles.
The new online feature allows DMV customers,
auto dealers, banks and county motor vehicle
offices to instantly check the status of an
Idaho motor-vehicle title application. The new
web-based application only requires a Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN) from the vehicle
being checked, explained ITD Vehicle Services
Manager Amy Smith.
“No personal-identifying information is
displayed,” Smith said. “This application simply
allows the viewer to see if a title has been
issued or is in progress. It will also show a
notation if a lien holder is recorded.”
If a title has been issued, the title status
checker will show the issue date for the title
and allow a viewer to see if they have the most
current Idaho title. The checker also will show
if a title has been applied for, and the
application’s current status.
“The best part is that there is no fee required,
and the feature is open to everyone,” Smith
said. “This new online application was created
to help Idaho DMV customers check to see if
their title has been issued after applying at a
county office, without the necessity of calling
DMV or the county office.”
“You can also use this application to determine
if an Idaho vehicle title that someone is
presenting you is valid,” she added. “You may
want to do this before buying a vehicle from an
individual, providing a loan for a vehicle
purchase and recording a lien, or taking a
vehicle in on trade as a dealer.”
A vehicle’s VIN can be found on its registration
document. The VIN can also be found on the
vehicle itself, usually on a plate located on
the dash just under the windshield on the
driver’s side, or on a decal located on the
driver’s side door edge or doorpost.
Only title applications recorded in the title
system, by either a county assessor’s vehicle
office or ITD, are accessible. Titles are
typically mailed the business day following the
title-print date. If there is a lien holder
recorded, the title or electronic title record
will be sent directly to the lien holder and not
to the titled owner.
To use ITD’s Vehicle Title Status Checker, go to
itd.idaho.gov and click on “DMV Online” to
access Idaho DMV Online Services. Once there,
look for the “Vehicle Title Status Checker”
link.
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