Congratulations! You found the used car, truck or motorcycle of your dreams! The price is right and the deal looks good. But don't let your dream turn into a nightmare. Protect yourself from internet sales and individuals who may try to see you a vehicle...without telling you it's salvage, rebuilt or flood damaged. It's easy! Just get a vehicle history report at the vehicle history website. You can go to the vehicle history website to look up the history on all kinds of vehicles such as motorhomes, buses, pick-ups, motorcycles, and of course, cars. Federal law requires all states to use the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System: NMVTIS. It[s a great consumer protection tool, and it's the same system your state's titling agency will be checking when you try to title the vehicle. NMVTIS helps to reduce auto theft and helps to stop vehicle cloning. That's when a crook steals a vehicle identification number off someone's vehicle and puts it on a stolen vehicle. The two vehicles may look exactly alike, one legal, and the other stolen. If you're buying a used vehicle, the first thing you should do is get a vehicle history report. Go online to the vehicle history website, click "Check Vehicle History" and select an approved provider. You pay a small fee, so have your credit card ready to go. Choose a provider, enter the vehicle identification number, pay the fee and in moments you have a title history report for the vehicle. It's all there for you to review before you buy. You got that right! The vehicle identification number, or VIN, is process through NMVTIS. This VIN number is also run through NMVTIS in the approval process by your state's titling agency. The title history tells you if the vehicle was flood damaged or sold by an insurance agency to a salvage yard, auto recycler or junkyard. You need to know this information before you buy a used vehicle. Make sure you know what you're buying. If a title history reports lists a "brand" such as "junk," "salvage," "rebuilt," or "flooded" then the vehicle could be worth much less than its listed price, or even worse, it could be unsafe! While it's not illegal to sell some of these vehicles with title brands, it is illegal if the seller doesn't tell you about it. And if the seller does tell you there's a value-limiting brand on the vehicle, use the vehicle history website to verify that information as well. So if you think you've found the vehicle of your dreams, don't let your dreams turn into a nightmare. Wake up! Always go online to the vehicle history website, click "Check Vehicle History" and select an approved provider to purchase a vehicle history report before you buy any used vehicle.
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