Below you will find links to other agencies involved in the battle to eliminate auto theft. Some are State and local agencies and others are companies who provide some of the tools used by both the police force and the consumer.

Links to download investigative forms are available below along with additional links to resources used by police officers involved in the fight against auto theft.

H.E.A.T. Form Downloads
• Hotline Investigative Reply Form
• H.E.A.T. Hotline Investigative Case Summary Form
• H.E.A.T. Reward Determination Schedule

Hot H.E.A.T. Material Downloads
for Law Enforcement
• Stop Auto Theft in its Tracks brochure
• Stop Auto Theft in its Tracks brochure - Spanish version
• Teenager brochure
• VIN Etching brochure
• Motorcycle brochure
• Eric & Janet mini poster
• Eric & Janet mini poster - Spanish poster
• Take Your Keys or Take Your Chances mini poster
• Big Money for Hot Cars poster
• Bread, Milk, New Car poster
• Check for Virginia Citizen poster
• Layered Approach for Motorcycles poster
• Car Thieves Can Strike Anywhere poster
• H.E.A.T. Logo in color
• H.E.A.T. Logo in black & white
• VIN Etching Event Flyer - Color version
• VIN Etching Event Flyer - Black and White version


H.E.A.T. 2006 Annual Report (pdf format)
H.E.A.T. 2004/05 Annual Report (pdf format)
H.E.A.T. 2003 Annual Report (pdf format)
H.E.A.T. 2002 Annual Report (pdf format)

Hot H.E.A.T. Tools

DMV Vehicle Title Search Services

The Virginia State Police Help Eliminate Auto Theft (H.E.A.T.) provides DMV Vehicle Title Search services to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to support auto theft related investigations and prosecutions. Mr. Daniel J. Harrington, Research Analyst, conducts title/record searches at the Main Records Office on Broad Street in Richmond. Normally, copies of DMV titles, applications and other records necessary to bring investigations to successful conclusions and to support prosecutions can be provided within seven to ten calendar days after receipt of an authorized request.

Law enforcement agencies must provide a written request with the requestor's name, rank, all mailing and contact information, vehicle VIN, year, make and model. Please note if a certified search is required. Fax all requests to 804-674-2930.

A request form can be downloaded here.

The downloaded Word template and can be customized with your contact information stored on your computer.

For additional information or assistance contact:

Verify a VIN Online

Click on the following link to a website that will check and verify a VIN online www.analogx.com/contents/vinview.htm This Internet tool will attempt to verify, on an individual basis, each VIN and return information on it. If the VIN is "bad", it will return an "invalid" check digit but will also return information about the vehicle if some of the other digits are correct.

The H.E.A.T. PC screensaver pack! *

*After downloading this file, you must extract it using the free WinZip utility. Once you have extracted the file with WinZip, simply run the setup file and watch your screen for instructions!