"Special vehicle" titles

The following are designated as "special vehicles". They require titles but the process for titling them is unique.

Titles available at local agencies
Titles for the special vehicles listed below are issued by any local MVC agency:

• Vehicles purchased from the federal government
• Vehicles purchased from Guam, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, including military servicemembers
• Homemade trailers
• Homemade boats

Salvage titles available at select local agencies
Visit the MVC Business Portal for full details on how to obtain a salvage title.
Salvage titles are issued in:

• Eatontown
• Flemington
• Manahawkin
• North Bergen
• Runnemede
• Somerville
• Washington
• Trenton (*mail only)

Titles available from Central Office
Titles for the special vehicles listed below are only issued by mail from the MVC Central Office in Trenton:

• Reconstructed vehicles-dune buggies, kit cars, etc.
• Glider kits
• Vehicles with missing VINs
• Vehicles registered to the military

For further information on titles available from the MVC Central Office in Trenton, call (888) 486-3339 ext. 5064 toll-free in New Jersey or (609) 292-6500 ext. 5064 from out-of-state.