The motor itself does not have a vin.. the vin would be more associated with the computer and cats. Having a vin can make it more straight forward for the REF. On my last Swap I had a binder with receipts, VINS, pictures, references etc.. I just handed it to the ref and he was able to put the story together of what I did and had real well. My swap was perfect and they still screwed it up. Had to come back 2 times and in the end the rig ened up being exactly as I took it in the first time