{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s33110","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f33110.","heading":"Verifications involving junk and salvage motor vehicles","text":"\u00a7\u202f33110.\nVerifications involving junk and salvage motor vehicles\n(a)\nDefinition.\u2014\nIn this section, \u201cvehicle identification number\u201d means a unique identification number (or derivative of that number) assigned to a passenger motor vehicle by a manufacturer in compliance with applicable regulations.\n(b)\nGeneral Requirements.\u2014\n(1) If an insurance carrier selling comprehensive motor vehicle insurance coverage obtains possession of and transfers a junk motor vehicle or a salvage motor vehicle, the carrier shall\u2014\n(A) under procedures the Attorney General prescribes by regulation under\nsection 33109 of this title\n(B) provide the purchaser or transferee of the vehicle from the insurance carrier verification identifying the vehicle identification number and verifying that the vehicle has not been reported as stolen or, if reported as stolen, that the carrier has recovered the vehicle and has proper legal title to the vehicle.\n(2)\n(A) This subsection does not prohibit an insurance carrier from transferring a motor vehicle if, within a reasonable period of time during normal business operations (as decided by the Attorney General under\n(i) has not been informed under the procedures prescribed in\nsection 33109 of this title\n(ii) has not otherwise established whether the vehicle has been reported as stolen.\n(B) When a carrier transfers a motor vehicle for which the carrier has not established whether the vehicle has been reported as stolen, the carrier shall provide written certification to the transferee that the carrier has not established whether the vehicle has been reported as stolen.\n(c)\nRegulations.\u2014\nIn consultation with the Secretary, the Attorney General shall prescribe regulations necessary to ensure that verification performed and provided by an insurance carrier under subsection (b)(1)(B) of this section is uniform, effective, and resistant to fraudulent use.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s33110.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f33110."},{"t":"heading","text":"Verifications involving junk and salvage motor vehicles"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In this section, \u201cvehicle identification number\u201d means a unique identification number (or derivative of that number) assigned to a passenger motor vehicle by a manufacturer in compliance with applicable regulations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General Requirements.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" If an insurance carrier selling comprehensive motor vehicle insurance coverage obtains possession of and transfers a junk motor vehicle or a salvage motor vehicle, the carrier shall\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" under procedures the Attorney General prescribes by regulation under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 33109 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s33109","tail":" in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, verify whether the vehicle is reported as stolen; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" provide the purchaser or transferee of the vehicle from the insurance carrier verification identifying the vehicle identification number and verifying that the vehicle has not been reported as stolen or, if reported as stolen, that the carrier has recovered the vehicle and has proper legal title to the vehicle.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" This subsection does not prohibit an insurance carrier from transferring a motor vehicle if, within a reasonable period of time during normal business operations (as decided by the Attorney General under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 33109 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s33109","tail":") using reasonable efforts, the carrier\u2014"}]},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/2/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" has not been informed under the procedures prescribed in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 33109 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s33109","tail":" that the vehicle has not been reported as stolen; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/2/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" has not otherwise established whether the vehicle has been reported as stolen.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/b/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" When a carrier transfers a motor vehicle for which the carrier has not established whether the vehicle has been reported as stolen, the carrier shall provide written certification to the transferee that the carrier has not established whether the vehicle has been reported as stolen.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s33110/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Regulations.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In consultation with the Secretary, the Attorney General shall prescribe regulations necessary to ensure that verification performed and provided by an insurance carrier under subsection (b)(1)(B) of this section is uniform, effective, and resistant to fraudulent use.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}