• The Automobile Theft Authority receives its funding for each insured vehicle registered in Arizona. The fee is $.50 per policy every 6 months in accordance with ARS §41-3451 (J).

    All insurance companies are required to comply with this assessment but how and when they assess this fee is at their discretion. 

  • Per ARS § 28-101 subsection 86 (a) and (b), “vehicle” is defined as: 

    (a) Means a device in, on or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway.

    (b) Does not include:

    (i) Electric bicycles, electric miniature scooters, electric standup scooters and devices moved by human power.

    (ii) Devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.

    (iii) Personal delivery devices.

    (iv) Scrap vehicles.

    (v) Personal mobile cargo carrying devices.

  • The following vehicles are not part of the Automobile Theft Assessment

    Mopeds Snowmobiles Mobile Home Trailers
    Golf carts Dirt bikes  ATV's
    Motorscooters Farm Equipment UTV's 
    Motorbikes Trailers Dune buggies 
    Go carts    

     

  • Yes - Law Enforcement and Emergency Vehicles under 26,000 lbs are required to pay the assessment. 

  • No.  Our sole funding source is the $1.00 per policy assessment collected from each Arizona registered insured vehicle.  

  • No, however, we are a law enforcement supporter!  Ninety-five percent (95%) of the AATA's budget is distributed to Law Enforcement and Prosecuting agencies around Arizona in the form of grants. The Arizona Department of Public Safety's Vehicle Theft Task Force, a task force comprised of local, county, state and federal law enforcement detectives throughout Arizona, is one of our largest grantees. 

  • While we are not a law enforcement agency, we are a crime prevention agency!   We bring law enforcement, county prosecutors, insurance companies, and our communities together to collaborate on how we can best serve the public in deter auto theft! 

  • We believe it is.  Auto theft is not just a property crime but rather a crime associated with many other crimes like drug running, human smuggling, burglaries, gang activity, and even terrorism.  Auto theft is a serious crime with serious consequence with effects that reach far beyond that of just a stolen vehicle. 

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