How the Electronic Lien Program (ELP) is Set Up

The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators Network (AAMVAnet) has developed an ELT (Electronic Lien and Title) application. The Virginia DMV has chosen to use AAMVAnet’s methodology to create its own electronic lien and title process. DMV’s implementation of AAMVAnet’s ELT is accomplished via a batch interface to the Advantis Network electronic mailbox service, called IE (Information Exchange).

The messages produced by the DMV’s ELP process are transmitted into AAMVAnet’s AMIE (AAMVAnet Message Interchange Envelope) format before being sent to the Advantis IE mailbox.

Processing Overview (Nighttime Batch)

1. DMV creates a Lien Notification message for each new title establishment that contains a lien issued by an electronic lien program participant.
2. Outgoing Lien Notification, Confirmation and Error messages are translated into the AMIE format by AAMVAnet software and sent to the lienholder’s IE mailbox.
3. Participating electronic lienholders retrieve ELT messages from their individual IE mailbox accounts. ELT messages are translated using PC or mainframe versions of AAMVAnet’s translation software.
4. Lienholders process DMV Lien Notification messages and format a response. Title Print requests and Lien Satisfaction messages are created.
5. Lienholder responses and requests are translated into the AMIE format by the AAMVAnet translation software and sent to DMV’s IE mailbox.
6. DMV retrieves all messages from its IE mailbox. Lien Release and Title Print request messages are translated and processed. A confirmation message is created for each message received.
7. All Confirmation and Error responses to lienholder originated messages are stored for next day transmission to the lienholder’s IE mailbox (see step 2 above).