49 U.S.C. § 30504 — Reporting requirements

(a) Junk Yard and Salvage Yard Operators. (1) Starting at a time the Attorney General sets — no sooner than three months before the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System is established or designated — anyone in the business of running a junk yard or salvage yard must file a monthly report with the System's operator. The report must inventory all junk or salvage automobiles the yard obtained the prior month, listing (A) each automobile's vehicle identification number, (B) the date it was obtained, (C) who it was obtained from, and (D) whether it was crushed or disposed of for sale or another purpose. (2) This filing duty does not apply to someone who (A) already must report junk or salvage acquisitions to state or local authorities under state law, if those authorities share the information with the operator, or (B) has a verification under section 33110 of this title stating the automobile or its parts are not reported stolen. (b) Insurance Carriers. Starting at the same kind of Attorney General-set time, anyone in the insurance carrier business must file a monthly report with the operator, directly or through a designated agent. The report must inventory automobiles of the current model year or the four prior model years that the carrier obtained the prior month and decided are junk or salvage automobiles, listing (1) each vehicle identification number, (2) the date obtained, (3) who it was obtained from, and (4) the automobile's owner at the time the report is filed. (c) Procedures and Practices. The Attorney General must set, by regulation, procedures and practices that make reporting as easy and inexpensive as possible.