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The email said FDHSMV “remains converter theft a Class I felony and
concerned with Carvana’s apparent requiring businesses that buy used
inability to comply with the provisions catalytic converters to get documentation
of Florida law requiring a dealer to apply and maintain detailed records on people
for title within 30 days of the sale and the who sell the devices to them.
impact that has on Florida consumers.”
WFLA said the email exchange between According to the National Insurance
the department and Carvana included Crime Bureau, catalytic converter theft
a spreadsheet showing 300 vehicle sales claims to insurance companies rose 326
nationwide dating to late 2019 in which percent – from 3,389 to 14,433 – between WHY WAIT?
the title has not yet been transferred – 2019 and 2020, as the prices for the You can get DEALER TITLES
more than 100 of them in Florida. metals inside them, including platinum, processed ON THE SPOT
palladium and rhodium, have risen or within 24 hours!
Carvana, America’s second-largest used sharply.
vehicle retailer, reached a settlement with You can get SALVAGE TITLES
Florida regulators in 2021, according North Carolina is among 10 states that processed ON THE SPOT
to WFLA, agreeing to pay $500 each to enacted new laws regulating catalytic or within 24 hours!
12 customers who had waited three to converters and their theft or sales in 2021.
eight months to receive their titles. It Virginia State Sen. Frank Ruff Jr. said he You can get your RETAIL
had previously had its license suspended plans to introduce a bill based on the PAPERWORK processed ON
for 180 days in Wake County, N.C., for North Carolina law that would make
violating the state’s dealer licensing laws – the theft of a catalytic converter a felony THE SPOT or within 24-48 hours!
including failing to deliver title work in a and would require anyone in possession
timely manner. of one that had been removed from a At our offices! M-F: 9am-2pm
vehicle to be an authorized scrap seller 1501 North Front Street,
North Carolina: On Dec. 1, 2021 a state or have a bill of sale, receipt or other Harrisburg, PA
law went into effect making catalytic documentation. n 717-238-9002

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