Nigeria and Ghana are two of the largest buyers of used American cars, many of them from Copart and IAAI. Both set age limits and both tax by value, so a car that looks cheap at auction can cost far more by the time it is cleared. What it went through in America is in the VIN record.
Decoded from the VIN. It decides Nigeria's 12-year limit and Ghana's overage penalties.
Whether a US insurer declared the car a total loss, and the salvage or rebuilt brand that followed.
What the car looked like at Copart or IAAI, before it was fixed and shipped.
Flood brands and water-damage codes. Storm-damaged cars are exported in large numbers.
Vektracer checks US and Canadian records. It does not check customs or registration records in Nigeria, Ghana or anywhere else in Africa.
Clean, salvage, rebuilt, flood, junk. Issued by a US state, invisible in every European registry.
How it is checkedCopart and IAAI intake photos, damage codes and sale price, from every sale the car went through, not only the current lot.
How it is checkedReadings at US titles, registrations and inspections in date order. A reading below an earlier one is a rollback.
How it is checkedThe model year, because both countries tax or ban by age, and the title brand and auction photos, because they show what the car went through before it was repaired.
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Yes. The VIN carries the American history wherever the car is now.
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