License Plate Recognition Technology (LPR) came into being in the repossession industry in 2009. We started using this technology ourselves in 2010. Since then we’ve learned a lot and are seeing more and more companies coming into being trying to leverage this technology. What I want to do in this two-part series is explain how this technology works in the hopes of enabling you, the collector and lender, to better understand and use this technology.






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