Jay is the National sales manager for Auto Data Direct Inc. ADD (as it is commonly called) is one of the three approved data consolidators for reporting to the national NMVTIS data-base. Jay has been at most of the industry shows since the start of NMVTIS and tries to help explain the new NMVTIS reporting requirements, changes in the laws, and what must be reported. ADD was the only data consolidator that was fully operational from the start date, has recently become the sole consolidator for the state of GA, and works actively with the industry, software providers, and associations trying to make meeting the reporting requirement as easy as possible for the parties affected. ADD continues to add services that help the recyclers do their day to day jobs. Jay continues travel throughout the country to explain the present status of NMVTIS reporting and how reporting to NMVTIS will benefit recyclers in the future. When Jay isn't traveling for ADD he spends his time fishing, boating , brewing beer, or playing in his garden. 18 21 Bad parts placed back into purchased vehicles The large salvage pools are very responsive to the NMVTIS rules and they regularly report, in most instances, daily. One con that sometimes happens is when a vehicle with a high dollar motor or transmission or computer or other valu- able part is purchased initially from a salvage auction and a vehicle is purchased for a high dollar part, that part is pulled and used to repair a vehicle that needs it. Then the “bad” part from the repaired vehicle is placed back into the purchased vehicle and it is sent back to a different salvage auction. This is a concern for diesel truck buyers where a motor can be worth $5,000 or more. An unknowing buyer can pay too much for a vehicle assuming it has a useable motor only to learn the motor in the vehicle is worth only “core” value. NMVTIS vehicle history reports are an inexpensive way to quickly screen potential buys to have a better chance of catching a “fishy” flooded vehicle. The reports show last state of title, title movements with dates, last recorded mileage, any brands the vehicle may have, and for businesses there is a stolen check available on some reports. This helps when buy- ing cars from individuals, too. If the seller has an older title or a title from a state that is not familiar, NMVTIS can provide verification that it is from the right state. can be given to a prospective buyer, too. The NMVTIS report will tell dealers if they will have issues titling the vehicle - like dealers are working thru in Ohio. Ohio has established a policy that if a vehicle has ever had a salvage report in NMVTIS, Ohio will issue a salvage title, even if the dealer has a “clear” title. Other states are considering similar prac- tices. It’s also a law for used car dealers in California to run a NMVTIS report for every used vehicle they sell. There are several providers of NMVTIS reports which can be found at www.vehiclehistory.gov. Auto Data Direct Inc is one of the providers. For recycling businesses that already have full service accounts with ADD, they can run NMVTIS reports and receive a stolen check plus the other information provided in the NMVTIS reports for only $1.50/report. If they run the report and need to report the vehi- cle to NMVTIS, the NMVTIS report is free. For consumers, they can get the reports at www.titlecheck.us. NMVTIS Reports providers