41-1a-1004 - Certificate of title -- Salvage vehicles.
41-1a-1004. Certificate of title -- Salvage vehicles.
(1) If the division is able to ascertain the fact, at the time application is made for initialregistration or transfer of ownership of a salvage vehicle, the title shall be branded:
(a) rebuilt and restored to operation;
(b) in a flood and restored to operation; or
(c) not restored to operation.
(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), before the sale of a vehicle for which asalvage certificate or branded title has been issued, the seller shall provide the prospectivepurchaser with written notification that a salvage certificate or a branded title has been issued forthe vehicle.
(b) The requirement to provide written notification under Subsection (2)(a) does notapply if the prospective purchaser is:
(i) a licensed motor vehicle dealer whose primary business is auctioning salvage motorvehicles to licensed salvage vehicle buyers; or
(ii) an insurance company, if the sale of the vehicle is the result of a total loss settlement.
(3) (a) An advertisement for the sale of a vehicle for which a salvage certificate orbranded title has been issued shall disclose that a salvage certificate or branded title has beenissued for the vehicle.
(b) The advertisement disclosure under Subsection (3)(a) shall:
(i) be displayed at least as prominently as the description of the advertised vehicle isdisplayed; and
(ii) use the words "salvage certificate" or "branded title" in the advertisement.
(1) If the division is able to ascertain the fact, at the time application is made for initialregistration or transfer of ownership of a salvage vehicle, the title shall be branded:
(a) rebuilt and restored to operation;
(b) in a flood and restored to operation; or
(c) not restored to operation.
(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), before the sale of a vehicle for which asalvage certificate or branded title has been issued, the seller shall provide the prospectivepurchaser with written notification that a salvage certificate or a branded title has been issued forthe vehicle.
(b) The requirement to provide written notification under Subsection (2)(a) does notapply if the prospective purchaser is:
(i) a licensed motor vehicle dealer whose primary business is auctioning salvage motorvehicles to licensed salvage vehicle buyers; or
(ii) an insurance company, if the sale of the vehicle is the result of a total loss settlement.
(3) (a) An advertisement for the sale of a vehicle for which a salvage certificate orbranded title has been issued shall disclose that a salvage certificate or branded title has beenissued for the vehicle.
(b) The advertisement disclosure under Subsection (3)(a) shall:
(i) be displayed at least as prominently as the description of the advertised vehicle isdisplayed; and
(ii) use the words "salvage certificate" or "branded title" in the advertisement.
Amended by Chapter 168, 2009 General Session