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Sat May 06, 2006 8:15 am

A few weeks ago i purchased a used rail from a guy i work with. I am believed to be the fourth or fifth owner and the title has been lost somewhere along the line. I need to get the rail registered in order to make it street legal. It has a nine digit VIN stamped in the frame. Is there any way to track down who the vehicle is titled to by the VIN? Every site i have seen requires the 1981 and newer 17 digit VIN to do a search. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Sat May 06, 2006 9:02 am

If you are a member of the American Auto Club they can do a VIN lookup for you. If not, contact your local DMV and they should be able to do a title search.

Sat May 06, 2006 11:49 am

You might be able to get a carfax report on it, if it was titled then they should have it. Not sure if they still have a free offer or not.

Sat May 06, 2006 3:03 pm

Check out this place.

http://www.its-titles.com/Al%20Prices.htm

Sat May 06, 2006 6:10 pm

You should be able to get a law inforcement officer to run the VIN# and it should come up that way. They told me at the tag office in order to get tags on my Baja I needed to do the same thing since it has been off the road for so long when i got it. If an officer runs it for you it should come up in the last person's name that had it registered. Hope this will help.

Sat May 06, 2006 11:39 pm

These may help as well..
http://www.broadwaytitle.com/
http://www.lienonus.com/

Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:37 pm

I know this is an old post, but in case someone else is searching for their vehicle ownership history, Carfax only works for cars made after 1981. I haven't been able to find any services that report this kind of information without a sizable fee.

If anyone else has better luck, I'd be interested.

Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:15 am

daaaaaaaaaaamn son, 250 bucks!