National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Benefits A national vehicle database went live in the United States this week. This database allows consumers to view the history of used vehicles including cars, trucks, SUVs and vans. The database is called the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System. Checking the past car history is not free though. A fee of less than $5 will be charged. The used car history database was first proposed in the early 1990s. The idea went nowhere until consumer protection agencies got into the action and actually took legal action to force the federal government to develop this database. The used car history database is run by the Justice Department. As of January 1, 2010 all states, insurance carriers and junk yards are required to submit information on the vehicles to the database. There are five states that are currently not compliant though. Those are the District of Columbia, Oregon, Illinois, Mississippi and Kansas. These states are claiming that they do not have enough money for the computer upgrades and clerical work. Even without these states, 80% of registered vehicles are included in the database. Besides allowing consumers to know a used vehicle history quickly, the NMVTIS is also providing surprising benefits. In Florida a car theft ring responsible for cloning 250 cars, was cracked using the NMVTIS. South Dakota and New Hampshire is saving consumer time with NMVTIS by no longer having to manually update a state record with returned title information. Those long lines at the clerk's office will move much faster now. Virginia has a 17% decrease in motor vehicle thefts and Arizona has a 99% recovery rate on stolen vehicles now. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/3645336
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