Maryland ELT Coming Soon

DDI had the privilege of meeting with the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) today to discuss their plans to implement their new ELT program.  Maryland announced their intention to implement an ELT program in April 2013 and issued an RFP looking for service providers.  DDI received a contract to become a Maryland Electronic Lien Service Provider in April 2014.

The MD MVA outlined their plans for the first phase of the MD Electronic Lien Service program.  Initially the ELT program will include the basic transactions, primarily: a notification of lien from the state and release lien and request for a printed title from the lender.  Their expectation is to begin testing the first phase of the program with DDI in June 2014 and to begin processing regular ELT transactions with participating lenders in July 2014.

DDI is working with the Maryland MVA on additional details, including the enrollment processes for lenders to begin participating in the ELS program.  DDI's ELT solution, Premier eTitleLien®, already incorporates a number of features for handling titles in Maryland, including generating forms and retrieving title record information.

Image above is a 30 foot tall crash dummy located in front of the Maryland MVA Glen Burnie offices.

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Maryland implementing ELT program

On April 3, 2013 the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to "to facilitate the exchange of lien information between the MVA and lien holders while reducing the cost to the MVA."  This was the first step toward developing an ELT program for the state.

The Electronic Lien Services (ELS) program, as it is being called in Maryland, is scheduled for September 1, 2013.  DDI's expectation is that this would be the point at which we begin interfacing with Maryland MVA and that lenders would be able to enroll in the program later in 2013 or early 2014.

The Maryland ELS program specifications are not yet published, but it looks like this will be a full-featured Electronic Lien and Title program, including lien notifications, releases, title correction notices, etc. There is also some indication that an electronic vehicle record inquiry (title inquiry) may be part of the ELT program. Maryland does not plan to require participation in ELS at this time.

For more information, visit our Maryland ELT site. As soon as it is available, we'll post enrollment information for lenders on www.etitlelien.com.

Image above is Route 70 at Turf Valley Road in Maryland by Maryland Motorcyclist Best Roads.

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