Do You Register A Salvaged Title Car

Title > Save & Rebuilt Vehicles

The purpose of the New Hampshire Salvage Title Law is to prevent title fraud, provide consumer protection and reduce insurance fraud on any "Relieve" vehicle. A relieve vehicle is any vehicle that has been deemed a total loss past an insurance company as a result of harm or theft. Once a vehicle is alleged a total loss, a new title identifying it as a salvage vehicle must be issued.

Apply for a Salvage Title

When an insurance company declares a non-exempt vehicle as a total loss, either the company or the vehicle's owner must submit the following documents to the Title Bureau at the DMV in Concord:

An Application for a Relieve Certificate .
Check or Money Order for $10.00 (Fabricated out to "Land of NH-DMV").
The original Title for the vehicle, properly transferred.

A "Save Title" certificate will be issued and sent either to the insurance company or directly to the vehicle'southward owner at the insurance visitor's request. The salvage title document will serve as proof of ownership and will be branded "Salvage", indicating that the vehicle has been alleged a total loss. Once a save title has been issued for a vehicle, the vehicle cannot be registered or titled until it has been rebuilt for route use and has undergone a salvage inspection.

Salvage Inspection

Salvage inspections are available by calling the Championship Agency at (603) 227-4150 to brand an date. A $50.00 fee must exist paid when scheduling an appointment (Visa or MasterCard only). Please see our list of specific locations and bachelor days and hours . The inspection of the vehicle volition include verification of the vehicle identification number (VIN) and verification that the damage listed on the insurance adjusters report has been repaired.

At the relieve inspection location, the vehicle's owner must present the following:

The vehicle needing a salvage inspection.
Proof of ownership (relieve title properly transferred), or a alphabetic character from the DMV.
Insurance adjuster's report/appraisal report itemizing damages.
Proof of repair of salvage items.
Any other documentation which shows that the vehicle had been declared a total loss and that the vehicle has been rebuilt and is safe for highway operation.

The vehicle tin be either driven to the salvage inspection location using a 20-mean solar day temporary plate or carried on a flatbed tow truck.

Once the vehicle is inspected and approved, a salvage decal is permanently fastened to the vehicle; the owner is issued a salvage vehicle identification number verification report (DSMV 547). The owner tin and so go to his or her town/city clerk'south role to register the vehicle and utilize for a new title. All subsequent titles issued for that vehicle will acquit the legend "Rebuilt Vehicle".

Safety Inspection Required

A salvage inspection is not the aforementioned every bit a safety inspection; a salvage vehicle will all the same demand to undergo a separate safety inspection within x (10) days of being registered. Delight review the Salvage Repair requirements to go a complete listing of items that are included in the salvage inspection and other important information.

Vehicles Recovered Afterward Theft

If a vehicle is accounted "Relieve" due to theft, the salvage title is retained by the insurance company, pending possible recovery of the vehicle. Should the vehicle be recovered, the insurance visitor may then keep to transfer ownership of the vehicle. The vehicle must be inspected at a Relieve Inspection location , and if the vehicle is intact with no damage as stated on letterhead from the insurance company, the New Hampshire title will be marked "Recovered Theft".

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