According to the NMVTIS website, here is the data to be reported for all recyclers, junk yards and salvage yards required to provide NMVTIS with the following information on each vehicle received into inventory every month:

• The name, address, and contact information for the reporting entity.
• VIN.
• Date the automobile was obtained.
• Name of the individual or entity from whom the automobile was obtained (for USE BY law enforcement and appropriate governmental agencies ONLY).
• A statement of whether the automobile was crushed or disposed of, or offered for sale or other purposes.
• Whether the vehicle is intended for export out of the United States.

The Anti-Car Theft Act, defines junk and salvage yards “as individuals or entities engaged in the business of acquiring or owning junk or salvage automobiles for resale in their entirety or as spare parts or for rebuilding, restoration, or crushing.” Included in this definition are scrap-vehicle shredders and scrap-metal processors, as well as “pull- or pick-apart yards,” salvage pools, salvage auctions, and other types of auctions, businesses, and individuals that handle salvage vehicles (including vehicles declared a “total loss”).

A salvage pool is an entity that acquires junk and salvage automobiles from a variety of parties and consolidates them for resale at a common point of sale. Both the Department of Justice and the state and local law-enforcement community are concerned that a significant number of these junk and salvage automobiles purchased from salvage pools have their VINs or titles used to create cloned vehicles, or otherwise make stolen vehicles appear legitimate. Such entities must report all salvage or junk vehicles they obtain, including vehicles from or on behalf of insurance carriers, that can reasonably be assumed to be total loss vehicles.

Exceptions to Reporting Requirements
Auto recyclers and junk and salvage yards are not required to report any vehicle that is determined not to meet the definition of salvage or junk after a good-faith physical and value appraisal conducted by qualified appraisal personnel, entirely independent of any other persons or entities.

Auto recyclers and junk and salvage yards that handle fewer than five vehicles per year that are determined to be salvage (including total loss) or junk are not required to report to NMVTIS consistent with federal legal requirements for automobile dealers.

Junk and salvage yards will not be required to submit reports to NMVTIS if they already report the required information to the state in which they are located and that state provides the required information for the junk and salvage entities to NMVTIS. Junk and salvage yards are responsible for ensuring that the state is reporting the required information to NMVTIS.

Supplemental Reporting
Because some junk or salvage yards may hold vehicles for several months or years before a final disposition (e.g., crushed, sold, rebuilt) is known, some junk and salvage yards may need to provide a supplemental or additional report at the time of disposition or within 30 days of the date of disposition. The NMVTIS regulations do not preclude a junk or salvage yard from reporting the disposition of a vehicle at the time of first reporting, if such a disposition is known with certainty. Junk and salvage yards are responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of their reporting and for providing corrected information to the system, should the disposition be changed from what was initially reported.