How do I know if my car title is clean or salvaged? The car has been in an accident where someone hit me and it needed body work but nothing as far as engine or transmission has ever been damaged. I am trying to sell it and everyone wants to know if the title is clean or salvaged. I honestly don't know. Is this something I would know if it was listed as salvaged? If not, how do I find out?
2006-10-12 12:51:25 · 8 answers · asked by Erin M 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
The title would be listed as salvage if it was totaled and sold to a wholesaler or junk yard. If you own it and have always owned it, and it wasn't listed as salvaged when you got it, then it is still not listed that way.
2006-10-12 12:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by DanE 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a car is salvaged if it is an accident which the car has more damage than the insurance company wants to repair, due to the ratio of repair cost to value. if you go tin an accident and the insurance company paid and you had it repaired then it is not a salvage title. if you buy a car from a dealership legally they have to tell you if it is a salvaged ttile a private party selling doesn't.
from what you are sayign about your car it is not a salvage title, they coudl ask if there is a lean holder, which means you own the car and have the title or you have a lienholder(bank) and they have the title, then you have to pay them off to give the title to the new buyer.
2006-10-12 13:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by sevenout7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 04:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a car title gets tagged as salvage when it has been in an accident and been "totaled" by the insurance company. that usually happens when the cost of the repair is more than the resale value of the vehicle.
2006-10-12 13:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by ambeth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the car is been wrecked or stolen an live unrunneble is called salvage, the title should has this note on it...
Sometimes the cars are not in bad condition, but are declare salvage by the state or insurance company...
Good luck...
2006-10-12 13:01:26 · answer #5 · answered by charly00073 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the car was totaled by you, and you sold it as is without repairing it, the people who were going to repair it would change the title into a salvage title, fix and re-sell.
If you have never totaled it, it's not a salvaged car.
2006-10-12 12:54:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOUR CAR IS TITLED AS A {R} TITLE THEN THE CAR OR TRUCK HAS BEEN ALTERED IF NOT THE VEHICAL IS IN TOTAL NORMAL SELLING CONDITION A PLAIN MINOR ACCIDENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SELLING THE CAR
2006-10-12 12:57:05 · answer #7 · answered by david j k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no lein holder then the title is clean!
2006-10-12 12:53:54 · answer #8 · answered by justmedrt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋