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.
Amended by Chapter 168, 2009 General Session