Lori J. Bowman - Comments

Oregon DMV relies on an R.L. Polk software package (VINA) to verify and populate VIN information on our vehicle records. As long as our software vendor receives new VIN configuration information and has enough time to update/install the new software, DMV will not be impacted by this change. If the vendor cannot obtain and install the new software prior to implementation of this proposed change, our agency will be severely impacted. We would not be able to verify VIN information and vehicle data would need to be manually keyed into our computer system for over a million transactions annually. Changing VIN configurations to meet the demand for new VIN numbers appears to be a more attractive solution than lengthing the VIN to include additional characters.