39:10A-12 - Junk title certificate; issuance; notice - New Jersey Statutes

39:10A-12.  Junk title certificate;  issuance;  notice
    If a motor vehicle repair facility determines that a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this act is incapable of being operated safely or of being  put in safe operational condition except at a cost in excess of the value  thereof, an authorized representative of the motor repair facility shall so  certify to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, on an application  prescribed by him, and the Division of Motor Vehicles shall thereupon, without  further certification or verification, issue to the motor vehicle repair  facility, for a fee of $10.00, a junk title certificate for the vehicle;  but  no title certificate shall be issued unless the motor vehicle repair facility  first gives 30 days notice of its intention to obtain a junk title certificate  to the owner of the motor vehicle or other person having a legal right thereto  and to the holder of any security interest in the motor vehicle filed with the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.

     L.1983, c. 455, s. 5.