VIN inspection · New Hampshire
Getting your VIN inspected in New Hampshire
Check this first: New Hampshire doesn't title a vehicle this old.
New Hampshire doesn't issue titles for model year 1999 and older, and doesn't expect you to have one to register it. If yours is 1999 or older, the state has nothing for you to get.
A Montana title still makes sense if a buyer in another state, an agreed-value insurer, or a lender wants one. If that is you, carry on.
New Hampshire lets a private inspector do this, so you can hire somebody instead of asking the police for a favor.
Who New Hampshire allows
- New Hampshire authorized inspection station
- Licensed NH dealer
- NH law enforcement
Start hereAuthorized inspection station
When you book
Tell them the form is Montana's and that they'll be completing Section 2 of it. A dealer or mechanic who does VIN verifications for New Hampshire will recognize the job. New Hampshire's own version is TDMV 19A, useful to name on the phone, though the form they complete is Montana's MV20.
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 New Hampshire's own form or titling page on 2026-08-26. If the rules have moved since, tell us and we'll correct it the same week.
$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.