# How to find the exact date of sale of a car?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-exact-date-of-sale-of-a-car/535250>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-exact-date-of-sale-of-a-car/535250 "2010-04-07T05:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-exact-date-of-sale-of-a-car/535250/1 "2010-04-07T05:17:39Z")

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I’m helping out with a car that is on its second owner. I need to know when the car was sold to its first owner, down to the month at least. I already know what model year it is. It’s in relation to a warranty the the manufacturer extended on one particular faulty part. Where can I find this? Will it be on the title? Printed somewhere in the car? Can I look it up on the Internet somehow with the VIN? I’m interested in the date of sale, not manufacture. Would the dealer have records of it after almost a decade?

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**Author:** ![Anachronism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-exact-date-of-sale-of-a-car/535250/2 "2010-04-07T10:27:05Z")

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Carfax has this information. It was on the reports I got when I bought my car and it’s on the sample report they show on their website. A little pricey at $35 for one report though.

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