I recently purchased an out of state car. Ohio requires an out of state title inspection. They simply make sure that the vin on the title and the car match. I tow the car to the title bureau, walk in and take a number. I finally get to the window and they tell me that title inspections aren't done at the title bureau, but across the parking lot at the license bureau. I go to the license bureau, wait in line, and get my inspection. The guy never even looked at the title. He read the vin off of the car to me and asked if it was the same as the title! I ran out of time, but I now need to go back to the title bureau, get an Ohio title, then, if I were getting plates, back to the license bureau. Why wouldn't they do the title inspection at the title bureau? If it was done at the title bureau, you would only have to wait in two lines, not three. Also, there's plenty of room for a car and trailer at the title bureau. It's at the end of a row of buildings. The license bureau is in the middle of a row of buildings. The guy has to walk all the way down the row of buildings to get to the car. My drivers license expires in March. Wouldn't you think that I could renew it while I was at the licence bureau getting my out of state inspection? I could, but I would have to wait in a different line! Also, my employer, another government agency, failed to schedule my DOT physical before my license expires so I will need to go back to the license bureau after my physical so they can add the medical card on my cdl!
I’m standing in line at the DMV now for the same reason. Our vin verifications are done by the local police, so I had to call the police to my house and have them fill out a form that I had to get at the DMV beforehand. It’s a total PITA.
My brother bought a car that the title had a typo on in the VIN, one number off on one number. What a mess that was.
This is because inspections are performed by a different division of DMV—“enforcement and theft” or your state’s equivalent. It is a police function that is beyond the scope of what title processors do.
I had to register an out of state truck and trailer. They both belonged to my dad. I took them over and had to register them in CT. Took 2 separate days and 7 hours total. 6.5 of those hours was just sitting in a chair, and I was one of the lucky ones that had a chair.
I have to hand it to NY. They totally revamped the DMV well over 20 years ago. Back in the day, the NY DMV offices were like visiting a federal prison. The dim glow of flickering florescent lights, cinder block walls painted a drab turquoisey green color, not a window in the place with the wiff of urine floating in the air. There was a different line for everything. And every employee in the place was a total miserable SOB. If you didn't have every "I" dotted and every "T" crossed they would just shove all the paperwork back to you and scream "NEXT". You would walk in there and the placee would just suck the life out of you and you would just get depressed. Now, the place is bright, well lit, windows everywhere, wallpaper and benches to wait on till they call your number. And the employee can take care of almost anything you want. Not matter how much I cant stand this sinkhole I live in, I have to begrudgingly give NY a little credit on this because I remember how it was before. But like everything else, you have to know how to "work the system"
I went to register my ' 66 International scout , Back in the day . The guy at the counter did not believe the V I N on the old title , said it should be 12 to 15 didgets , he gave me a piece of tracing paper and said go home and etch over the vin tag with paper and pencil, so I did and it didn't come out to well .The vin was something like BR-549. back to M.V.A. I go, well he didn't like the etching. So back home I go . I pry the vin tag off the firewall . I was about 25 at the time and go back to the M.V. A . throw the tag up on the counter . Sure enough the vin was BR-549. After scolding me for removing the vin tag from the vehicle he issued a new title .
I've done 3 out of State cars. I live in Ohio. One I took to the local Chevrolet dealership. They checked out the vin, filled out a form. I took the title &form to the title bureau, done. One same thing but a license bureau that did inspection, same, took form to title bureau, done. Third time I took the car on my car hauler to the license bureau, they came out, I read the vin to the Lady because I had to get up on my hauler. No problem, title down. The title bureau I use is Warren ohio. I haven't done a out of state title in 8 years but I called and talked to them a couple of years ago about an Alabama car I was thinking of buying. No titles for older Alabama cars, they told me to have a notarized bill of sale and bring the car down to them. I didn't buy the car.
I use BR-549 as a random number all the time some people get it and some don't . Oh and by the way hope to see you at Quaker this summer.
Here in CT I haven't been out of DMV in less than three hours in many years. I can't wait until the same kind of people run my healthcare! Yay.
The best way to handle any dmv is go 5 minutes before tbey close. They bring everyone in , close tbe doors and amazingly all the windows have a worker. They want to go home by 5:30. So they actually work for 30 minutes a day.
Here the DMV has a drive-up window for VIN inspections and the guy who works it is a gear head! Once inside they have one person to see what you are there for, takes your cell phone number and puts it in the system. You can see your place in line on a screen and they also send you a text 15 minutes before you are up. The nearest Dairy Queen is 5 minutes away! Bob H.
Our state also requires a VIN inspection and they actually walk out with the title and compare it to the VIN number on the car. All of our registration titling and vehicle type paperwork is done in the same office Monday through Friday 8 to 5.
My local DMV doesn't care how long you've been waiting, when it's closing time they tell everyone to get out and they're going home. They actually start working slower. They close at 5:30, I had to go 3 days in a row after work...got there just before 4. You wanna talk about infuriating!
Wow. At least in CT they have the decency to close the door to incoming people and process those inside.
