A two-part form on which you complete the top half and somebody in uniform completes the bottom. Vermont requires it in exactly three cases, and two of them are ones a seller can walk into without meaning to: a vehicle with salvage documentation from any state, a vehicle being titled under bond, and a vehicle carrying a registration from any foreign country including Canada. The verification also runs the number through the National Crime Information Center, so what the second half of this form certifies is not just that the digits are right but that the car is not reported stolen.
Written against VT-010 (06/2023), issued under 23 V.S.A. s. 2016, Commissioner to check identification number, certified under penalties of 23 V.S.A. s. 201, s. 202 and s. 203.
Book the verification before you agree a completion date rather than after. It depends on somebody else's shift, it cannot be done by post, and on a bonded or salvage car nothing else can move until it is done.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank VT-010 from the dmv.vermont.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our VT-010 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is the actual VT-010, rendered from the PDF the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Agency of Transportation 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
Rendered from the department's own PDF. Section 2 is drawn in amber rather than grey for once, even though it is not the seller's to complete, because the whole value of this page is showing what a verifying officer writes and what an applicant must not: the identification number in that section is entered by the official, in capitals on the form itself. The signature line has no fillable box behind it and is left empty. Nobody in this sample exists and no agency in it is real.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Section 1, Current Owner's name
Last, first and middle, in three boxes at the head of your half of the form.
Watch out: Use the name that will appear on the title application. The verification and the application are read together.
2
You fill this in
Mailing Address and contact details
A full address and three contact boxes.
Watch out: Fill in both phone lines if you have them. A verification is arranged by somebody trying to find a window in a shift pattern.
3
You fill this in
Make, Model, Year
The vehicle as you believe it to be, before anybody has checked.
Watch out: Where the paperwork and the vehicle disagree about the model year, write what the paperwork says and let the officer record what the plate says. That gap is exactly what this form is for.
4
You fill this in
Current Registration Number and Title Number
Both marked if applicable, because a vehicle needing this form may have neither.
Watch out: Leaving them blank is a legitimate answer here. It is one of the few boxes in the Vermont set where that is true.
5
You fill this in
Is this a Salvage Vehicle
Yes or No, and the footnote on the back defines salvage more widely than most people expect.
Watch out: An insurer's total loss settlement makes a car salvage even if it was driveable. So does an owner electing a salvage title voluntarily.
6
You fill this in
Section 1 Meter Reading
Your own reading, in whole numbers, with a unit ticked.
Watch out: The officer takes an independent reading in Section 2. Two figures that differ by a hundred miles is fine; two that differ by ten thousand is a conversation.
7
Somebody else fills this in
Section 2, the identification number
Entered by the verifying official, from the vehicle, in their own hand.
Watch out: Do not help. A number written into this box by the applicant voids the form and wastes the appointment.
8
Somebody else fills this in
Section 2, the stolen check
A tick beside the officer's certification that the number was run through the National Crime Information Center.
Watch out: This is what makes the form worth something to the department. It is not a formality and it is not something a garage can do for you.
9
Somebody else fills this in
Section 2, printed name, agency, signature and badge number
Who did it, for whom, and under what number.
Watch out: Check it is legible before you leave. The section heading says an unreadable form will not be accepted, and you are the one who has to come back.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Section 1: Current Owner's Last Name, First, Middle
Three boxes at the head of the applicant's half.
Mailing Address, City, State, Zip Code
A full address line.
Email Address, Daytime Phone, Evening Phone
Three contact boxes. A verifying officer may want to reach you to arrange the inspection.
Make, Model, Year (YYYY), Body/Hull Type (boats), Vessel Length (boats)
The vehicle description, with two boat boxes that stay empty on a car.
Current Registration Number (if applicable), and Title Number (if applicable)
Both are marked if applicable because this form exists for vehicles that may have neither.
Is this a Salvage Vehicle, Vessel, ATV, or Snowmobile - Yes / No
The question that decides whether the verification was compulsory in the first place.
Meter Reading, Actual numeric reading as shown on the odometer (no tenths), with Miles, Kilometers or Hours
The owner's own reading, which the verifying official will then record independently in Section 2.
Section 2 heading
To be completed by Vermont Law Enforcement or Vermont DMV. Please write legibly, or this form will not be accepted by Vermont DMV.
VIN/HIN - MUST be entered by the verifying official
In capitals on the form. The applicant does not write the number in Section 2, and that is the whole point of the document.
Registered in The State Of, Date (MM/DD/YYYY), At Town or City, State
Where and when the inspection happened.
Section 2 Meter Reading, with Miles, Kilometers or Hours
The official's own reading, taken from the vehicle in front of them.
Vehicle is listed as Stolen - No
A single box, and the certification above it says the number was run through NCIC.
Printed Name of Authorized Personnel, Organization / Agency / Department Name
Who did it and for whom, legibly.
Authorized Personnel Signature, Phone Number, Badge or Rater #
The signature block, with a badge number.
Verification is void if altered or tampered with in any manner
Printed across the foot of the form, in bold.
What gets this one rejected
•An applicant filling in the VIN in Section 2. The form says in capitals that it must be entered by the verifying official.
•A verification done outside Vermont. VIN verifications conducted in Vermont are to be completed by Vermont law enforcement, personnel under their direct supervision, or DMV employees designated by the Commissioner - and the exception route runs through the Chief Inspector's office.
•Handwriting the official cannot read. The section heading warns that an illegible form will not be accepted.
•Any alteration anywhere. The line across the foot says the verification is void if altered or tampered with in any manner.
•A form sent in on its own. It travels with the VD-119, and with the VT-020 or VT-025 where one of those is the reason it was needed.
•Skipping it on a Canadian-registered car. The VD-119's own Section 2 note lists vehicles with registrations from any foreign country, including Canada, alongside salvage and bonded vehicles.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•Three triggers, and the department lists them twice. Salvage documentation from any state including Vermont; a vehicle being titled under bond; and a registration from any foreign country including Canada. The same three appear on the back of this form and in Section 2 of the VD-119.
•The definition of salvage is broader than a wreck. The footnote on the back covers any vehicle whose repair cost exceeded a jurisdiction-defined percentage of retail value, any vehicle an insurer acquired under a damage settlement, and any vehicle whose owner chose to take a salvage title without regard to the extent of the damage.
•The discretion runs one way. Vehicles with discrepancies in documentation, or which do not conform to established standards, may be required to have a verification performed at the discretion of the DMV Chief Inspector's office - which means a form you did not expect to need.
•There is a route for people who cannot bring the vehicle. For US service members and Vermont residents where a physical examination cannot be completed by Vermont law enforcement or DMV, the Chief Inspector's office may authorise somebody else acceptable to it.
