West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 91 - Motor Vehicles › Title 91 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Series 91-02 - Rules And Regulations › Section 91-2-9 - Physical Inspection of Serial Number of All Motor Vehicles Being Registered In This State From Any Other Jurisdiction

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Effective the first day of July, Nineteen Hundred and
				  Sixty-nine, the Department of Motor Vehicles will not issue a certificate of
				  title for any motor vehicle originating from any jurisdiction or possession of
				  the United States or any foreign jurisdiction including motor vehicles owned by
				  members of Armed Forces that are registered in a foreign country until such
				  vehicle is physically inspected to determine the correct serial number of the
				  vehicle.
The following state and city agencies are authorized to make
				  such inspections and to execute the "Serial Number Inspection Certificate",
				  Form DMV 1-B.
Members of the West Virginia Department of Public
				  Safety.
All West Virginia Motor Vehicles Inspection Stations, except
				  those designated as fleet stations, that have been authorized and designated as
				  an Official Inspection Station by the Department of Public Safety.
In the event the vehicle to be registered in West Virginia is
				  located in another jurisdiction or at the factory, and the owner cannot move
				  the vehicle until the West Virginia registration is received, the department
				  would accept the serial number inspection certification properly executed by a
				  law enforcement officer from the state in which the vehicle is located.
Form DMV 1-B, "Serial Number Inspection Certificate", should
				  be properly executed in every detail by any member of the agency authorized to
				  make such inspections. The form makes it possible for the officer or inspector
				  to make the serial number inspection of the vehicle without the other
				  jurisdiction's certificate of title or other proof of ownership. When the
				  application for West Virginia Certificate of Title is submitted to the
				  Department of Motor Vehicles with the out-of-state certificate of title or
				  other source document and the serial number inspection certification, it shall
				  be the responsibility of the Department of Motor Vehicles to determine if the
				  source document is valid and acceptable and if the serial number certification
				  corresponds with the serial number shown on the source document.
DMV-1-B SERIAL NUMBER INSPECTION CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that I have this day made physical
				  examination of the vehicle described on the attached Application for West
				  Virginia Certificate of Title and do hereby certify that the actual Serial
				  Number of the Vehicle is
Name of authorized inspection agency
Signature of officer or inspector Badge, Unit, or Inspection
				  Station Number Date of inspection
This form must be executed with a typewriter or printed with
				  ink. Any alterations or erasures will void this certificate.
In addition to motor vehicles registered in other
				  jurisdictions, the serial number inspection certification would be required on
				  applications for certificate of title in any of the miscellaneous categories
				  outlined herein:
(1) New motor
				vehicles purchased in another jurisdiction and the owner has a Manufacturer's
				Certificate or State of Origin in his name or properly assigned to him by a
				dealer as proof of ownership.
(2)
				Any motor vehicle registered in another jurisdiction that is being repossessed
				by the lien holder in this State. If the lien holder does not have possession
				of the certificate of title issued by the other jurisdiction, the inspection
				should be made from the serial number shown in the description of the vehicle
				on Form Number MV-129-TR, an affidavit that is required for all vehicles being
				repossessed in this State.
(3)
				Motor vehicles sold by order of a court, if the purchaser does not have the
				certificate of title for the vehicle, the inspection should be made from the
				Court Transcript of Docket outlining the sale of the vehicle. The transcript
				must show a description of the vehicle including the serial number.
(4) Application for certificate of title for
				vehicles that have been abandoned in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
				Seventeen A, Article Four, Section Twelve of the Motor Vehicle Code. The
				inspection should be made from the contents of the affidavit that the applicant
				is required to submit by statute.
(5) Vehicles sold at public auction to
				satisfy a Mechanic's Lien as provided in Chapter Thirty-eight of the West
				Virginia Code. The inspection should be made from the contents of the
				Department of Motor Vehicles forms Sixty and Sixty-A which are required to
				secure a certificate of title to satisfy a Mechanic's Lien.
(6) Any other type of application for a
				certificate of title that does not involve a West Virginia Certificate of
				Title.
(7) No inspection is
				required for vehicles titled in this State or for new motor vehicles sold by a
				registered West Virginia dealer that is authorized to sell new motor vehicles
				in this State.
Additional copies of Form DMV-1-B can be obtained from the
				  Department of Motor Vehicles on written request by any inspection station
				  authorized to make and execute serial number certifications.