10.6 million the number of salvage or total loss records received since April 30, 2009.
Over 7,500 is the number of insurance carriers, auto recyclers, junk yards and salvage yards in the U.S. reporting to NMVTIS regularly.
78% of DMV data is in NMVTIS system.
5 is the number of states not participating.
By January 2010 all states must be participating.
Learn more about Participating States.
Since NMVTIS—
Arizona is experiencing a 99% recovery rate on vehicles identified as stolen.
Virginia is seeing a 17% decrease in motor vehicle thefts.
Learn more about NMVTIS Results.
Where to Access the State's Full Vehicle Title Record. Each NMVTIS consumer access vehicle history report will include a link to access the current state's full vehicle title record. Click on Consumer Access to find out how to access state vehicle title records.
For Law Enforcement
What is NMVTIS?
The Anti Car Theft Act (the Act) of 1992 directed the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a national information system enabling states and others to access automobile titling information. In 1996, the Act was reauthorized, transferring the responsibility for this system to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) (49 U.S.C. 30502) was created to deter trafficking in stolen vehicles by, among other things, strengthening law enforcement efforts against auto theft, combating automobile title fraud, preventing “chop shop”-related thefts, and inspecting exports for stolen vehicles. NMVTIS protects states and consumers (both individual and commercial) from fraud, reduces the use of stolen vehicles for illicit purposes--including fundraising for criminal enterprises--and provides consumers protection from unsafe vehicles.
The system provides law enforcement with an important tool to reduce auto theft and vehicle title-related crimes. Where implemented, NMVTIS has already produced results, including time and cost savings for state motor vehicle titling agencies, reductions in consumer wait time, decreases in motor vehicle thefts, improved recovery rate of stolen vehicles, increased ability to identify cloned vehicles prior to title issuance, and improved investigative abilities.
NMVTIS and its Benefits to Law Enforcement
NMVTIS provides a method for law enforcement to access data about vehicles reported as junk or salvage, by junk yard, salvage yard, or insurance carrier. Further, NMVTIS allows law enforcement agencies to:
- Better identify stolen motor vehicles;
- Enhance law enforcement's ability to identify vehicle theft rings and cases of public corruption; and
- Identify other criminal enterprises involving vehicles.
The Anti-Car Theft Improvements Act of 1996 requires junk yards, salvage yards, and insurance carriers to report monthly to NMVTIS on all junk and salvage vehicles obtained. Law enforcement's NMVTIS inquiries will assist in investigations of vehicles involved in violent crimes, smuggling (narcotics, weapons, undocumented aliens, and currency), and fraud.
Law enforcement agencies will have access to NMVTIS through the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) in March 2009. Law enforcement agencies have full access to all NMVTIS information.
The North American Export Committee (NAEC) states that law enforcement successes to date validate the benefits and costs associated with NMVTIS. The NAEC provided data from a NMVTIS-participating state which demonstrated that as a result of using NMVTIS, hundreds of stolen vehicles have been identified and recovered during the years of the state's participation.
NMVTIS law enforcement access is expected to be live soon. To learn more about RISS and visit www.riss.net.
