timster2
Platinum Member
A title is a STATE document. The manufacturer has no idea where the vehicle will be sold when it is manufactured. The document the manufacturer issues attesting to its origin and VIN is the Manufacturers Certificate of Origin. Using the MCO you apply for a title from your state and in the process they collect whatever tax is associated with the purchase etc. If there is a lien on the title, outstanding loan, either the loan company holds the title or the loan company and lien against the title is listed directly on the title. Registration and plates are the domain of individual states and subject to too many individual rules and regulations to even begin to contemplate.