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This means the car was in a wreck and the insurance company considered it a total loss. The insurance company paid the owner off and then sold the car as a salvage. This car may infact be tow or even three vehicles put together and sold under a salvage title based on the engine id number matching the title. Beware, a salvaged title indicates the structural, mechanical integrity of the car may not be up to manufacturer and federal safety mandates. However, in some cases the vehicle can be totaled and considered a salvage if the less extensive damage to the car is more costly than it's value. This often happens when a car is older. The only way to know what you are getting in a salvaged titled car is to have an independent, trusted mechanic/body shop look it over carefully.
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How do you determine that the department of motor vehicles has issued a salvage title for a vehicle?
As of 2013, the best way to determine if the department of motor vehicles has issued a salvage title for a vehicle is on the title it will state that it is a salvage title. A salvage title is a note that states that the vehicle has been damaged or deemed a total loss.
If a salvage yard owns a car is the title considered salvage?
Depends on the existing title, if the salvage company owns the vehicle and it does not have a salvage title then they would be just another owner like anyone else and this vehicle would have a clean title assuming that there are no lean holders. On the other hand if the vehicle in question has already received a salvage/non repairable or similar title then salvage/non repairable or similar title would follow the vehicle not a clean title.
Is it the dealers responsibility to disclose to the buyer that a vehicle was purchased from a salvage yard?
DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF TITLE THE VEHICLE HAS IF IT HAS A CLEAR TITLE THEN NO IF IT HAS A SALVAGE TITLE THEN YES
I had my salvage title vehicle inspected by Ohio highway patrol but it still has a salvage title how do i get a clear title?
Once a vehicle has an Ohio Salvage title assigned, the history remains with that VIN until the vehicle is scrapped. The Registrar in your county will issue a Repaired Salvage , or "branded" Title that you can get your license plates with. You cannot obtain a Clear title for this car.
What is the value of a salvage vehicle?
The value of a salvage vehicle is roughly 60% of the value of a comparable car with a clean title.
Can a vehicle with a certificate of destruction be titled and driven?
In many states, a slavage vehicle can be inspected and receive a "salvage title". If you ever want to sell the vehicle you'll have to disclose the salvage title.
Is the warranty still good on a salvage title car?
No, the warranty is void on a salvage vehicle.
Who can do inspection on a vehicle for salvage title?
DMV officer
What does rebuilt salvage title do to value of car?
A rebuilt salvage title is issued when a vehicle has been declared a total loss. When that happens, the original title is "retired", and the salvage may be sold--often by an insurance company that paid the owner and acquired the salvage. As a way of recovering some of what it paid, the salvage will be sold by the insurer. The buyer of it may then repair the vehicle to make it road-worthy. The repaired vehicle is then issued a rebuilt salvage title in order to be "legalized" and used as a vehicle. The fact that it has a rebuilt salvage title will generally reduce the value of the car, because any buyer will know that the vehicle has at one time been totaled.
What are the requirements to turn a salvaged title in Utah to a clean title?
When an automobile is issued a salvage title, the automobile can never get a clean title. The salvage title will always remain with the vehicle.
Can a vehicle be register and tagged with a salvage title in SC?
As long as it is not a "RED" title, then yes you can. I drive a vehicle in SC with a salvage title. If the title color is red, then you can not re-title it. This is something that they just started doing, and the red title means it is not rebuildable.
We bought a vehicle with an undisclosed Rebuilt Salvage Title in Kansas is there recourse?
In Kansas a private sell doesn't have to disclose a Salvage title
