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The vehicle history data is supplied by the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS).
States, insurance carriers, and salvage yards are required by federal law to report data to NMVTIS.
Their data providers include over 9000 insurance carriers, auto recyclers, junk yards and salvage yards
and their database includes over 28 million salvage or total loss records.