| Re: So I bought a car that can't be registered, need advice... |
Subject: Re: So I bought a car that can't be registered, need advice... by bogus on 2012/4/23 18:54:42 I just had a flash back to my days in law enforcement and how all this crap works. Nationally speaking, VINs are assigned by the manufacturer and once assigned are placed into a US DOT pool of cars available to title. That's a bit simplified, but get the point across. Essentially, the VIN is registered... and the details of the car are made available. When you register a vehicle, it goes into your states DMV system. That data is then shared via a thing called NLITS. Which transmits dmv data across state lines. It allows someone in CA to check a license from GA. NLITS is also a way of confirming a VIN... and then there are CARFAX type services available to DMVs, they can go directly to another state and get information. This is how a VIN tagged as junk in one state may not be retagged in another. This process has been changed a lot in the last few years, because cleaning titles became a cash making enterprise a few years ago... and then there was that shop in TX making Elenore mustangs out of salvaged cars... apparently, TX thought that was illegal. Whatever the case may be, the goal is to stop the transfer of good looking wrecks from ripping of ppl... a lot of this came after Katrina hit NOLA in 2005. So many good cars, trashed by floods. They didn't want ppl buying them as scrap at auction, cleaning them up and reselling them. Now, not much will stop them from selling in Central and South America, tho... just saying. |
