VIN inspection · Minnesota

Getting your VIN inspected in Minnesota

Minnesota has no private route. A police officer or a state office has to do it, and you'll want to call first.

Who Minnesota allows

  • Minnesota DVS vehicle inspection site

Who to call

Call this one directlyMinnesota DVS inspections, 651-282-2173

If you reach a general line instead, ask for a VIN verification for an out-of-state title application, in those words. "Inspection" sounds like a safety check they aren't set up to do.

Credential we need back: The DVS inspector's report.

Minnesota keeps VIN inspection in state hands. DVS runs its own inspection sites with its own inspectors and publishes no private route; deputy registrar offices handle paperwork but not the inspection. Minnesota's own no-title route is a bond at one and a half times the vehicle's value, held for three years, with the title branded BONDED, which is worth weighing against Montana.

What happens at the inspection

Whoever does it fills in Section 2 of Montana form MV20 by hand, in ink, standing at the vehicle, and signs it. You collect one document showing their name and department or license, take four photos, and mail the original back to us with the return label from your packet and one Forever stamp.

Read the step-by-step, including what not to let them write on.

Checked against Minnesota's own form or titling page on 2026-09-19 (source). If the rules have moved since, tell us and we'll correct it the same week.

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$20 opens your case and buys the prepared form. The $279 balance is charged only once your Montana title has been issued and is in our hands.