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VIN VICTORY
DRIVEN BY BARRETT-JACKSON,
HB 2480 GOES INTO EFFECT THIS SUMMER
PICTURE THIS: A CAR THAT HAS BEEN IN YOUR The statute will take effect on July 22, 2022.
FAMILY FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS IS FINALLY According to Barrett-Jackson President Steve Davis,
PASSED DOWN TO YOU. IT HAS BEEN FULLY the legislation is significant and beneficial because
virtually anyone who has restored a car has had to
RESTORED AND YOU CAN’T WAIT TO DRIVE IT.
remove and reattach the VIN, not realizing that doing
BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO REGISTER THE VEHICLE, so is against the law. “Our motivation to do this was
THE AUTHORITIES TELL YOU THAT DURING primarily for our hobby’s health and future to keep
the collector car universe alive and well and keep
AN INSPECTION, THE PRIMARY VIN HAS BEEN
those restorations coming.”
REMOVED AND REATTACHED, WHICH COULD
Craig Jackson, chairman and chief executive of
CAUSE NUMEROUS ISSUES IN GETTING THE Barrett-Jackson (lower left with Arizona Governor
VEHICLE REGISTERED. Doug Ducey), noted that many vehicle owners and
restorers will often duplicate the factory’s process
from when the automaker first built the vehicle.
Thanks to efforts by Barrett-Jackson, removing and
reattaching the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) During such frame-off or rotisserie restorations,
during repairs or restoration is no longer against the unaware of the statutes that exist in many states,
law. Following unanimous passage by the Arizona restorers remove the vehicle’s components, including
House of Representatives and Arizona State Senate (at the primary VIN, which is often attached with screws
right), Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed House Bill and varies in placement from car to car, year to year.
2480, which changes the current law to allow owners, Recently, Kansas lawmakers sent similar legislation to
restorers, and repairers of pre-1981 vehicles to remove the state’s governor after a 2017 incident, in which a
and reinstall a VIN for repair or restoration. Kansas man had purchased a restored 1959 Chevrolet
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