VIN inspection · New Jersey

Getting your VIN inspected in New Jersey

New Jersey lets a private inspector do this, so you can hire somebody instead of asking the police for a favor.

Who New Jersey allows

  • Licensed Private Inspection Facility (PIF) with a licensed inspector
  • New Jersey MVC inspection station

Start hereA licensed Private Inspection Facility

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 Jersey will recognize the job.

Credential we need back: The facility's PIF license number and the inspector's license.

New Jersey licenses Private Inspection Facilities, privately run garages whose licensed inspectors certify vehicles for the state, which is the third-party route Montana's rule asks about. Worth knowing: for its own titling New Jersey asks the owner only for a pencil tracing or printed photograph of the VIN plate, so a PIF will not have done a Montana form before. Hand them the cover letter first.

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 Jersey'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.