Can A Salvage Title Be Cleared If Registered In Another State

Salvage Vehicles

Tip

Do not buy a vehicle with an orange-colored salvage title. The vehicle must exist rebuilt before it is sold to a individual party.

Consumer Tips/After a Crash

A vehicle that has been issued an orangish-colored salvage title may not be registered in Nevada until it has been inspected by a Nevada registered garage, Nevada licensed body shop or Nevada licensed rebuilder.(NRS 487.860)

License Plates
License Plates

Remove your license plates from a totaled vehicle. You may:
- Transfer them to another vehicle inside xxx days
- Surrender them to the DMV and apply for a registration fee refund.
  (Yous must have a copy of the Salvage Title to utilise for a refund.)
- Render them to the Department within threescore days for standard consequence plates or within 30 days for special plates. You will receive a credit toward another registration.
See Plate Give up/Refunds. You must transfer or give up the plates before you cancel the liability insurance if yous intend to retain ownership of the vehicle and register it in your name.
If you have collision/comprehensive insurance coverage

If you accept collision/comprehensive insurance coverage

Your insurance company will decide whether your vehicle meets the definition of a salvage vehicle. They volition assist yous in completing the Salvage Title Procedures.

You may transfer ownership to the insurance company or to a DMV-licensed salvage puddle, car auction, rebuilder, car wrecker or a new or used motor vehicle dealer.

Or, you and your insurance company may agree that you tin can retain the vehicle.
If y'all do not have standoff/comprehensive coverage

If y'all do not have collision/comprehensive coverage

It is your responsibility to assess whether the vehicle meets the definition of a salve vehicle.

If there is a loan or lease on a vehicle, you must notify the lienholder within ten days and the lienholder must apply for a Salvage Championship inside 30 days.

If at that place is no lienholder, you must either utilize for a Salvage Title within 30 days or sell the vehicle to a DMV-licensed salvage pool, automobile auction, rebuilder, automobile wrecker or a new or used motor vehicle dealer. See Relieve Championship Procedures.

You may not sell the vehicle without first obtaining a Salvage Title. You may non sell the vehicle to a individual party without rebuilding it.
If y'all retain a salve vehicle

If you retain a salve vehicle

Read and follow all of the procedures on this page advisedly. A rebuilt vehicle must be inspected by a licensed garage or body store and the DMV before it can exist sold or registered. It is the owner'due south responsibility to consummate these steps and obtain a standard blue Nevada championship before the sale.

If you retain the vehicle simply choose non to rebuild it, y'all can sell it only to a DMV-licensed save pool, automobile auction, rebuilder, automobile wrecker or a new or used motor vehicle dealer.

Improperly selling a salvage vehicle tin exist a serious felony crime. Sellers must disclose in writing that the vehicle is a save vehicle. See Relieve Vehicle Laws and Penalties.

What is a Save Vehicle?

"Save vehicle" means a motor vehicle that at whatever time has been declared a total loss vehicle, flood-damaged vehicle, non-repairable vehicle or had "salvage" or a similar word or designation placed on any championship issued for the vehicle.

Total Loss - A vehicle that has been damaged to the extent that the estimated toll of repair, non including the price associated with painting any function of the vehicle, would exceed 65 percent of the fair market value of the vehicle immediately earlier the damage was incurred. Vehicles with less than 65 percent damage are not considered salvage vehicles.
Inundation Damaged - A vehicle that has been submerged in water to a bespeak that the level of the h2o is higher than the door sill of the vehicle and the water has entered the rider, torso or engine compartment of the vehicle and has come into contact with the electrical system of the vehicle; or a vehicle that is part of a total loss settlement resulting from water damage.
Non-Repairable - A vehicle, other than an abandoned vehicle, that has value only every bit a source of parts and flake metal, or has been designated by its owner for dismantling, or has been stripped of all torso panels, doors, lights, etc., or has been burned or destroyed beyond a restorable condition.

Salvage vehicles in Nevada are issued an orange-colored Relieve Title. A salvage vehicle may not be registered or operated on whatever public street until information technology has been rebuilt and inspected. Once a salvage vehicle has been repaired, it becomes a rebuilt vehicle and may be registered and/or sold if the proper procedures beneath accept been followed. Non-Repairable vehicles are issued a Certificate and may not be restored to operating condition.

Older Vehicles

Vehicles x model years old or older are not considered salvage vehicles if the only repairs needed are a express number of items. Specifically, the hood, the trunk lid, and/or up to two of the following: doors, grill assembly, bumper assembly, headlight assembly and taillight associates.

If the vehicle requires more than repairs than this, the 65 percent harm rule applies. For instance, the 65 percent rule would apply if the grill, front end bumper and i headlight associates were replaced. If only the hood, the grill and the bumper were replaced, the 65 percent rule would not utilise and the vehicle would non be considered a save vehicle.

Rebuilt Vehicles (Not-Relieve)

Vehicles which have had certain repairs must be titled as Rebuilt even if they do not meet the definition of a salvage vehicle. See Non-Salvage Rebuilt Vehicles.

Salvage Title Procedures

Publications

Relieve Vehicle and Not-Repairable Vehicle Certificate Guide

Wrecker and Tow Auto Guide (currently undergoing revision - check back before long)

Obtain a Salvage Championship

When a vehicle has been damaged to the extent it becomes a salvage vehicle, an orangish-colored Salvage Championship must exist issued. The responsibility to complete this process rests with:

The insurance company if the visitor declares the vehicle to be a full loss.
The lienholder, if any, if in that location is no comprehensive/collision insurance. The registered possessor must notify any lienholder of the damage to the vehicle inside 10 days and the lienholder must utilise for a relieve title within xxx days.
The registered owner, if there is no insurance or lienholder and the possessor wishes to retain the vehicle. The owner must submit the electric current title and an Application for Relieve Title (VP-213) within 30 days. The possessor has the option to sell the vehicle to a DMV-licensed salvage pool, automobile auction, rebuilder, machine wrecker or a new or used motor vehicle dealer. If this occurs, the licensee is responsible for obtaining the Relieve Title.

See NRS 487.800 for details. The DMV will issue a Salve Title or Not-Repairable Vehicle Document to the new owner (the insurance company or DMV licensee) or to the current owner (if the vehicle is retained) within two business days after the section's Cardinal Services Segmentation has received the properly completed awarding, current title and other documents.

Important: No other transfer of ownership may take place until the DMV has issued a Salvage Title.

See Bonded Titles if you exercise not have proof of vehicle ownership and cannot contact the previous owner.

Application for Salvage Championship or Non-Repairable Vehicle Certificate (VP 213)
Insurance Company Affidavit Without Endorsed Championship (VP 236)
Donation Affirmation without Endorsed Championship (VP 275)
Unrecovered Vehicle Title Asking Form (VP 243)
Application for Private Bidder Identification Bill of fare (OBL 250) | Information (OBL 257)
Individual Bidder Auction Study (OBL 258) - Excel Spreadsheet, Legal Size
Individual Bidder Verification - Online Service

Vehicle Restoration

If the vehicle to exist restored is five model years former or newer, it must exist brought to a DMV Inspection Station for completion of the Authorization for Vehicle Restoration prior to any repairs. Vehicles may not be restored, titled or registered unless this has been completed. This is not necessary for vehicles six model years old or older.

Authority for Vehicle Restoration (VP 209)

Garages, body shops and rebuilders must repair vehicles to the common standards published and applied in the automotive repair industry. Air bags and seat belts must be repaired to the standards gear up in federal police force. The business organisation must go on records of the repair including any identifying information of parts.

When the reconstruction has been completed, the Certificate of Inspection must be completed by a Nevada registered garage, licensed body store or licensed rebuilder.

The vehicle must then be brought to a DMV inspection station for completion of the Document of Inspection. Once this is accomplished and all other registration requirements accept been met, the vehicle may be registered and titled. The vehicle may be sold once the new title has been issued.

All futurity titles volition exist a normal Nevada Certificate of Title simply will be "branded", which means the championship will exist labeled with the discussion "Rebuilt" or other appropriate term. The brand cannot be removed.

Certificate of Inspection/Affidavit of Construction (VP 064)
Certificate of Inspection/Affidavit of Structure - Motorcycles (VP 064M)
Certificate of Inspection/Affidavit of Construction - Trailers (VP 223)
Nevada Engine Swap Fact Sheet (EC 054)

Vehicle Title with Rebuilt brand

Salvage Vehicle Laws and Penalties

Any person who transfers an interest in a motor vehicle in this country shall, earlier the transfer, disclose in writing to the transferee any data that the transferor knows or reasonably should know concerning whether the vehicle is a relieve, rebuilt or reconstructed vehicle. (NRS 487.830)

A person shall not remove, cause to be removed or conceal a marker on:
(a) A relieve championship or other title which indicates that the vehicle is a salve vehicle; or
(b) A document of title or other championship for a rebuilt vehicle which indicates that the vehicle is a rebuilt vehicle. (NRS 487.840)

Violations are felony criminal offenses if the vehicle is valued at $250 or more than. Courts may order jail terms, fines and restitution.

Any purchaser or lessee also may bring a civil accommodate against the offender. If successful, the purchaser will be awarded court costs, attorney's fees and whichever of the following is greater:

Three times the amount of actual damages;
5 thousand dollars; or
Actual damages and such punitive damages as may be allowed by the court.

Y'all may non remove whatsoever salvage vehicle from the State of Nevada with the intent to sell it without kickoff obtaining a Salvage Title.

Chapter Number and Title	Statutes	Lawmaking
Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases	NRS	NAC
Chapter 487 - Repair, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Torso Store and Garage)	NRS	NAC

Not-Salvage Rebuilt Vehicles

Certificate of Inspection for Rebuilt Vehicles (Non Salvage) - (VP 064A)

Vehicles which have had certain repairs must be titled as Rebuilt fifty-fifty if they exercise not meet the definition of a salvage vehicle. This applies to whatever vehicle that has had i or more of the post-obit major components replaced:

Cowl assembly;
Rear prune assembly;
Roof assembly;
Floor pan assembly;
Conventional frame coupled with one additional major component
Consummate front end inner structure for a unibody

These vehicles must be inspected by a licensed garage or body store and the DMV using the Certificate of Inspection for Rebuilt Vehicles (Not Salvage). The existing title must be surrendered to the DMV, which will issue a championship branded "Rebuilt".

A vehicle for which the only modify is the installation of a truck cab assembly is non considered a rebuilt or save vehicle.

Title Questions

Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
Key Services and Records Division
Salvage Unit
555 Wright Way
Carson City, NV 89711
(775) 684-4785
(775) 684-4493 fax

Contact DMV

Contact for Dealers, Trunk Shops and Repair Garages

Contact your local DMV Compliance Enforcement Division office.