Form T20541-1112 - Application For Inspection Of A Salvaged Motor Vehicle printable pdf download

Application for Inspection of a Salvaged Motor Vehicle

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90D Sec 20D (a)

MASSACHUSETTS REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Title Division/Auto Theft Section

PO Box 55889 Boston, MA 02205-5889 Telephone: 857-368-8050

M. G. L. Chapter 90D Section 20D, Reconstruction

GENERAL INFORMATION

or Restoration of Total Loss Salvage Motor Vehicle

(a) Any owner who reconstructs or restores a total loss salvage motor vehicle

The salvage law and inspection requirement is a consumer

to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused a

protection and anti-theft law. The vehicle is “branded” for its

salvage title to issue under this chapter or the laws of another state, or who

lifetime and the brand appears on the title, e.g., “RECON-

recovers a total loss salvage motor vehicle if stolen, shall make application to

STRUCTED” or “RECOVERED THEFT” so that a consumer

the registrar for a certificate of title and an inspection of the vehicle prior to

purchasing a vehicle will know its history. Vehicles are selected

the registration or sale of said vehicle. Each application for title and inspec-

at random for inspection. We inspect the selected vehicle for

tion shall be accompanied by the following:

its identity and record all major component parts replaced, ei-

ther by number or receipt. This is to deter fraud and the sale of

(1) the outstanding salvage title previously issued for the salvage vehicle;

stolen parts.

(2) bills of sale evidencing acquisition of all major component parts used to

The inspection is NOT a safety inspection. If the safety in-

restore the vehicle, listing the manufacture’s vehicle number of the vehicle

spection sticker was removed from the windshield and replaced

from which the parts were removed, if such part contained or should contain

with a rejection sticker at the time of the damage appraisal,

the manufacture’s vehicle identification number;

you may submit the vehicle to any official inspection station

(3) the owner shall also provide a sworn affidavit in the form prescribed by

for a valid safety inspection sticker after the defects have been

the registrar which states that: (i) the identification numbers of the restored

corrected and the vehicle has been properly registered.

vehicle and its parts have not been removed, destroyed, falsified, altered or

defaced; (ii) the salvage title document attached to the application has not

We have several salvage inspection sites throughout the Com-

been forged, falsified, altered or counterfeited; (iii) all information contained

monwealth. An appointment is not necessary; inspections are

on the application and its attachments is true and correct to the knowledge of

conducted on a “drive-in” basis. Contact the Title Division/Auto

the owner; and

Theft Section at 857-368-8050 or visit our website at

for the days and locations of “drive-in” sites

(4) the required inspection fee.

or to address any relevant questions you may have.

The vehicle identification number of every vehicle for which an application is

At the time of the inspection you will be required to have:

submitted shall be inspected by an inspector at a location designated by the

registrar. In addition, of the vehicles presented for such inspection, a certain

number may be selected for inspection of the vehicles major component parts

1. A completed Application for Inspection of a Salvaged Mo-

which have been repaired or replaced as part of the rebuilding process to

tor Vehicle, including the owner’s sworn affidavit.

determine that the vehicle information contained in the application and sup-

2. The receipt for the $50.00 fee that you paid to “MassDOT.”

porting documents is true and correct. The selection of vehicles to undergo

3. Ownership papers, including outstanding Salvage Title or

said major component part inspection shall be on a random basis, in accor-

RMV receipt for title.

dance with criteria and procedures established by the registrar by regula-

4. Insurance appraisal report.

tion, which may be changed from time to time as the registrar deems neces-

5. Bills of sale evidencing acquisition of all major component

sary. The inspector may examine the identification number of each part that

parts used to restore the vehicle. If the vehicle was wholly

has been repaired or replaced as a part of the rebuilding process in addition

or partially restored with “used” parts the receipts must

to the vehicle identification number, and may compare said numbers to the

contain the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of the

vehicle identification numbers and identification numbers of parts entered

vehicle(s) from which the part(s) were taken.

into any state, regional, or national computer network that records the identi-

fication numbers of stolen motor vehicles and the identification numbers of

stolen parts. Nothing in this section shall establish a presumption that a part

Note: If an airbag has been replaced with a used airbag pur-

has been removed, falsified, altered, defaced, destroyed, or tampered with

chased after January 1, 2004, a copy of the certificate of title

by a person submitting a vehicle inspection, if such part fails to contain a

for the vehicle that the airbag came from must be provided,

required identification label. The major component inspection shall not be for

regardless of whether the airbag was purchased in Massachu-

the purpose of checking road worthiness or the safety condition of the ve-

setts or out-of-state. A “used airbag” is an airbag that has

hicle. No liability shall be imposed on the registrar or the commonwealth or its

been removed from one vehicle and reinstalled in a salvage

agents or employees with respect to any act or omission related to said in-

vehicle being rebuilt.

spection. A person aggrieved by an adverse report issued under this section

by a vehicle inspector, may file a written request for reconsideration of the

Except for a licensed dealer, a Salvage title CANNOT be trans-

inspector’s report with the registrar, within thirty days of receiving a written

ferred from private party to private party without the current

copy of said report. The registrar shall assign the request for review to a

owner first obtaining a salvage title in his/her own name or by

hearing officer, who shall schedule a hearing to be held within thirty days of

the date of the request, at a place of the registrar’s choosing. The hearing

completing the salvage process and obtaining the “RECON-

officer may affirm or overrule the decision of the inspector. A final decision by

STRUCTED” or “RECOVERED THEFT” title, whichever is ap-

the hearing officer shall be rendered with fifteen days of the closing of the

propriate.

final date of the hearing.

Inspections by authorities in other states will not be honored in

(b) Upon satisfactory inspection results, and receipt of all required docu-

Massachusetts unless a prior agreement between the other

ments and fees, the registrar shall issue a new certificate of title in the name

state and Massachusetts exists. All Salvaged Titles vehicles

of the owner which shall contain the notation, “reconstructed,” or if the ve-

must be inspected in Massachusetts if they are to be regis-

hicle was a stolen vehicle which was subsequently recovered in an undam-

tered in Massachusetts. New York Salvage Certificates (Form

aged condition, said certificate shall contain the notation, “recovered theft

907A) are not accepted.

vehicle.”

T20541-1112

Form T20541-1112 - Application For Inspection Of A Salvaged Motor Vehicle

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