§ 2091 - Dismantling or destruction of vehicle - Vermont Statutes

§ 2091. Dismantling or destruction of vehicle

(a) Except for vehicles for which no certificate of title is required pursuant to section 2012 of this title and for vehicles which are more than 15 years old, any person who purchases or in any manner acquires a vehicle as salvage, who scraps, dismantles, or destroys a motor vehicle or any insurance company or representative thereof who declares a motor vehicle to be a total loss shall make application for a salvage certificate of title within 15 days of the time the vehicle is purchased or otherwise acquired as salvage, scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed, or declared a total loss. The application shall be accompanied by:

(1) any certificate of title; and

(2) any other information or documents that the commissioner may reasonably require to establish ownership of the vehicle and the existence or nonexistence of any security interest in the vehicle.

(b) When a vehicle is destroyed by crushing for scrap, the person causing the destruction shall immediately mail or deliver to the commissioner the certificate of title, if any, endorsed "crushed" and signed by the person, accompanied by the original plate showing the original vehicle identification number. The plate shall not be removed until such time as the vehicle is crushed.

(c) This section shall not apply to, and salvage certificates shall not be required for, unrecovered stolen vehicles or vehicles stolen and recovered in an undamaged condition, provided that the original vehicle identification number plate has not been removed, altered or destroyed and the number thereon is identical with that on the original title certificate. (Added 1983, No. 60, § 10; amended 1983, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 19, § 6.)