The pilot states (Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, and Arizona) found that NMVTIS allowed them to improve their titling processes. The ability of the states to be notified automatically by NMVTIS when a vehicle moved from their state and is titled in another state allowed the old state to automatically inactivate its title record. This provided cost savings for the state as well as more accurate title files. Although it is not required by the Anti Car Theft Act, the pilot states found value in inquiring on NMVTIS for all vehicles they titled, not just on the vehicles coming in from other states. They valued the brand information, as well as the theft check, which provided them with more accurate titles.
Based on the pilot results, law enforcement agencies believed that NMVTIS provided significant value to them, too. The NMVTIS working group’s law enforcement committee looked at developing a model protocol, which would define how law enforcement agencies such as auto theft task forces could use NMVTIS to investigate thefts and recover vehicles. The law enforcement agencies also analyzed possible enhancements to NMVTIS, such as inclusion of export data, which would provide even more assistance to the auto theft investigators in their investigations.