The letter New Mexico writes to another state when a vehicle's numbers and its paperwork disagree. Addressed ATTENTION: MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATOR, it asks the titling state to check its records - most often because a New Mexico VIN inspection read one number off the metal while the out-of-state title says another - and to issue a corrected ownership document or a letter indicating the correct identification number. Two further checkboxes serve lien and bond notifications, and page two is a directory of every state's motor-vehicle agency with mailing addresses, phone and fax numbers and each state's record fee.
Written against MVD-10705 (Rev 09/09), issued under NMSA 1978 §66-3-4(B); Vehicle Procedures Manual, Chapter 2 Section F.
This is the slowest document in the New Mexico set - its speed is another state's records office plus two postal journeys. If your car's title came from out of state and has never been re-titled here, put your own eyes on the VIN plate and the certificate side by side today, while a discrepancy is an errand rather than a collapsed sale.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank MVD-10705 from the realfile.tax.newmexico.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our MVD-10705 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is all 2 pages of the actual MVD-10705, rendered from the PDF the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, Motor Vehicle Division publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.
Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below
Page 1 of 2. The request itself: which state, which vehicle, which two numbers disagree, and where the corrected document should come back to.Page 2 of 2. The directory - every state's motor-vehicle agency with mailing address, telephone, fax and record fee, which is where the destination block and the enclosed fee both come from.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Name the state
The STATE OF line, matching the title's state of issue, with the agency's address copied from the page-two listing.
Watch out: Use the directory's own entry even if you know a newer address - the fee column beside it is the other half of what you need.
2
You fill this in
The vehicle and its title number
Year, make, model and the out-of-state title number - the record you are asking them to check.
Watch out: The title number matters more than usual here: the VIN is the thing in doubt, so the title number is how their clerk finds the file.
3
You fill this in
The two disagreeing numbers
Tick the first checkbox and complete both lines: the VIN or HIN the visual inspection revealed, and the one the certificate indicates.
Watch out: Copy the inspection reading from the inspector's completed form, not from your own look at the dash - the certified reading is the one the division will act on.
4
You fill this in
The return block, and the envelope
Your name, address and telephone in the return block, with a self-addressed stamped envelope and the listed fee enclosed.
Watch out: The NM-PRC line is for licensed professionals; a private individual leaves it empty. What you cannot leave out is the fee - check the directory's column for the state you are writing to.
5
You fill this in
Wait, then transfer on the corrected paper
The state replies with a corrected ownership document or a letter stating the correct number; the New Mexico transfer proceeds on that.
Watch out: Warn your buyer about the timeline honestly. The 30-day transfer clock is theirs, and a sale signed before the correction returns puts their deadline against another state's mailroom.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
STATE OF:
Which state's administrator the request goes to, with the printed pointer to the state listing on the second page.
Year, Make, Model, Title Number
The vehicle as the out-of-state title describes it, and that title's number.
Vehicle (VIN) or Hull (HIN) Identification Number, Secondary VIN/HIN
The numbers in dispute - primary, and the secondary identifier an inspection reads as corroboration.
The first checkbox: titling in New Mexico, numbers disagree
The requester states they are attempting to title and register the vehicle in New Mexico, gives the VIN or HIN the visual inspection revealed and the different one the certificate of title indicates, and asks the state to verify and issue a corrected document or letter.
The second checkbox: security bond notification
For the bonded-title process - notifying the registered owner, lienholder and other interested parties that a bond is being placed against the vehicle.
The third checkbox: mechanic's or storage lien notification
For lien claimants who must notify all parties before a public auction, requesting ownership verification, lienholder information, or a NO RECORD answer.
AGENCY NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Where the other state should reply - completed from the page-two directory.
PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM AND VERIFICATION TO
The requester's own name, address, telephone number - and an NM-PRC number line for the licensed professionals who file these in bulk.
What gets this one rejected
•Sent without the other state's fee. The directory on page two lists what each state charges for a record search, and a request without its fee comes back unanswered.
•Both VIN lines filled with the same number. The first checkbox exists to document a discrepancy - inspection says one thing, title says another - and identical numbers state no problem to solve.
•Used to repair a New Mexico title's error. A wrong VIN on a New Mexico document is the Affidavit of Correction's territory; this request interrogates another state's record.
•No self-addressed stamped envelope on an out-of-state request, which the form itself asks for.
•The wrong checkbox for the job. The bond and lien options serve specific statutory processes with their own notification duties - a title-and-registration mismatch is the first box, alone.
•Expecting it to move title. The reply corrects a record; the transfer still runs on the corrected document once it arrives.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•A seller usually meets this form as a delay. The mismatch surfaces at the buyer's VIN inspection, weeks into a sale - a certified inspector reads the metal, the title disagrees, and the transaction waits on another state's post. Checking the VIN against the title before advertising is the free version of this form.
•Boats route through it too. The form covers hull identification numbers, and its closing note asks states that do not title vessels to name or forward to the agency that does.
