Form T-56 - Notice To Vehicle Owner - Payment Of A 'Total Loss' Claim (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

-56 (Rev. 06-2007) Instructions & Important Information

Notice: Georgia law requires the license plate to be removed from this vehicle immediat

ely and submitted to this

epartment’s Motor Vehicle Division once the vehicle is classified as a salvage vehicle*.

Instructions for Applying for a Salvage Title - Owne

r Retains

Vehicle in Settlement of a Total Loss Claim

he insurance company

should submit the following to:

ATTN:

Salvage Section, DOR/Motor Vehicle

D sion, P.O. Box 740384, ATLANTA, GA 30374-0384, to apply for a salvage title in the vehicle owners’ names:

ivi

A properly completed

Application for a Salvage Title, Form

MV-1S.

This application must be typed,

electronically completed and printed or printed legibly by-hand in blue or black ink in the vehicle owners’ full

legal names and signed. If jointly owned, each owner’s full legal name, driver’s license number and signature

is required. An individual’s full legal name is their complete name as it is recorded on their valid driver’s

license. All applicable spaces on this form must be completed without alterations. Check the appropriate block

on this form indicating the type of application, original or replacement. Most tag and title forms can be

electronically completed and printed for signing and submission from the Department’s web site,

The original valid Georgia title, when available, manufacturer’s ce

rtificate of origin, or out-of-state title, issued

in the applicants’ names or properly assigned to the applicants.

A properly completed

Lien or Security Interest Release, Form T-4,

for each satisfied lien or security interest

when not released in the space provided on the title. Visit the Department’s web site,

to see

when a lien or security interest release is not required.

A properly completed Notice to Owner – Payment of a Total Loss Claim, Fo

rm T-56, signed and initialed by the

vehicle owners and signed by the insurance company’s authorized agent.

A check or money order made payable to the Department of Revenue for the total fees due, $18.00 title fee

plus any title penalties that may be due. When applying for a replacement salvage title because the original

ilable, check the ‘replacement title’ block on the title application and pay only an

Georgia title is lost or unava

$8.00 replacement title fee.

The vehicle’s license plate*, license plate registration certificate (a/k/a tag receipt) and a completed

Report of

and/or Surrender of Georgia License Plate, Form

T-158; or submit a completed Form T-158 signed by an

authorized Motor Vehicle Division’s agent certifying that the license plate has been submitted to a County Tag

Office or to the Department’s Motor Vehicle Division; or Form T-158 with proof of certified/registered mailing,

i.e. green returned receipt card signed by a State Motor Vehicle Division’s authorized agent.

*This procedure does not apply to out-of-state or special license plates, i.e. prestige, National Guard,

handicapped, etc. The vehicle owner must remove the license plate from the vehicle. A Georgia special license

plate may be transferred to another vehicle the vehicle owner purchases or acquires or to this vehicle, after it has

een rebuilt or restored and

has passed a State Motor Vehicle Division inspection.

For vehicles ten (10) model years old or older, the insurance company must submit the vehicle’s license plate, the

owner’s certificate of registration (a/k/a tag receipt), a completed Notice To Owner-Payment of A ‘Total Loss’

Claim, Form T-56, and a completed

Report of and/or Surrender of Georgia License Plate, Form

T-158, to the State

Motor Vehicle Division. The vehicle owners must apply and obtain a salvage title in their names within thirty (30)

days of the insurance settlement. Most motor vehicle tag and title forms can be electronically completed and

printed from this department’s web site,

for printing, signing and submission by mail or in-

erson.

After you obtain a salvage title in your name and you decide to sell or dispose of this vehicle in its

damaged/salvaged condition, you should assign the salvage title to the purchaser.

Important: Anyone

purchasing a salvage vehicle with the intent of rebuilding/restoring it must be licensed with the Georgia State

ard of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers.

Procedures for Applying for a

Rebuilt Title & a State Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) Inspection

Important: After the vehicle has been rebuilt or restored but before it is painted, you must apply for a Rebuilt

tle and an inspection by this Department’s Inspection Section of the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD):

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