There is a check digit calculation which is compulsory in the US. The way the system works is that in order to validate a vehicle identification number through the vehicle identification number check digit, either the buyer removes the check digit or multiplies it with zero.
Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population, indicated by the 2014 town records is 14, 268, in nearly 5,700 households. Incorporated in 1735, Grafton is the home of a Nipmuc village known as Hassanamisco Reservation, the Willard House and Clock Museum, Community Harvest Project, and the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,909 at the 2010 census. It is the location of Mascoma State Forest. Canaan is home to the Cardigan Mountain School, the town's largest employer. The main village of the town, where 524 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Canaan census-designated place, and is located at the junction of U.S. Route 4 with New Hampshire Route 118.