Manufacturer Statement of Origin

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A Manufacturer Statement of Origin (MSO) is a document of ownership, usually related to a motor vehicle. Libertarian Congressional Canididate Michael Badnarik teaches a class on Constitutional law which refers to allodial title and uses the MSO as an example to demonstrate that the state is a co-owner of your automobile since they typically possess the MSO. According to Badnarik, in the United States, you do not completely own a vehicle unless you possess this statement, but if you do possess this statement you have allodial title to it and do not owe registration fees or taxes. Badnarik does not clarify if this is his view of how the law is, in the abstract, or how he would predict an actual judge interpreting the law --- but Badnarik is not given to legal realism, so the former is entirely possible.