If your car is stolen.. statistically, we'll find it locally within a few days (usually between 2-3). Smaller cities and 25 mile area that is. Larger cities like Miami... I'm not 100% sure. But the insurance company should pay out after 30 days of the vehicle being stolen. In Miami and other areas near the coast, it's real easy to get alot of those cars into other countries by ship or freighter... they sometimes take it to a local "chop-shop" and part it out or paint & modify it where it won't be recognized. The VIN # is usually scratched out or replaced by a fictious small metal plate. The other VIN is usually located somewhere on the engine.. they usually don't replace it or even bother looking for it. We've recovered motors without the rest of the car, but because it still has a VIN on it, we can nail which car it belonged to. When your vehicle is entered into the nationwide system, it will tell other law enforcement agencies that run the tag information or VIN that it's stolen out of wherever the originating agency is. Also, if that person runs the information and for some unforsaken reason, doesn't pull the car over... a confirmation that the plate was run will go to the originating agency as well. So say an officer in California enters the stolen vehicle in the system today, tomorrow, an officer in Kansas runs the plate. The California agency that entered it will get a message to the system operator or officer to let them know someone from Kansas just ran that same plate. Anyways... you get the idea... just rest assurred, "if they steal it.... we will come." lol
Oh and glad you got the car back. Where'd they find it btw????
