Roadrunner or Not

Having briefly lived in TX it got my curiosity up regarding new titles. Their laws are pretty weak regarding VIN verifications, basically you just need an individual and/or inspection station to say the car's legit & you're good to go. They do tell you it's a felony to falsify the info but that won't stop a crook. There's no instructions regarding where the VIN on the car should be, heck you could pencil it in on the fender & probably be OK legally. Regarding tracing back the ownership history of the car, house money says at some point you run into Sgt. Schultz (I know NOOOOTHING).