{"id":15626,"date":"2026-08-12T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edrivingcomstg.wpenginepowered.com\/three60\/?p=15626"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:31:06","slug":"car-buying-advice-issued-to-help-keep-new-york-motorists-safe-behind-the-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/car-buying-advice-issued-to-help-keep-new-york-motorists-safe-behind-the-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Car-buying advice issued to help keep New York motorists safe behind the wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers in New York have been offered advice on how to avoid buying a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is\u00a0strongly encouraging consumers to obtain an independent vehicle inspection to examine the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) found in various locations on the vehicle, get a Vehicle History Report via the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) or other available vehicle information resources.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Justice\u2019s National\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS)<\/a>\u00a0is an online system that offers accurate information about a vehicle\u2019s title, odometer data, and certain damage history. NMVTIS was designed to protect consumers from fraud and unsafe vehicles and to keep stolen vehicles from being resold.<\/p>\n<p>Buyers are also urged to be cautious about buying a vehicle locally with out-of-state titles or a car being sold with a NY title that has out of state inspection stickers, plates or temporary paper plates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers in New York have been offered advice on how to avoid buying a stolen vehicle. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is\u00a0strongly encouraging consumers to obtain an independent vehicle inspection to examine the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) found in various locations on the vehicle, get a Vehicle History Report via the National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-safety-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15628,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15626\/revisions\/15628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}