§ 3833 - Dismantling or destruction of vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles - Vermont Statutes

§ 3833. Dismantling or destruction of vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles

(a) Except for vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles for which no certificate of title is required pursuant to section 3807 of this title, any person who purchases or in any manner acquires a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle as salvage who scraps, dismantles, or destroys a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle or any insurance company or representative of an insurance company who declares a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle to be a total loss shall make application for a salvage certificate of title within 15 days of the time the vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain 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 vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle,and the existence or nonexistence of any security interest in the vessel, snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.

(b) When a vessel, snowmobile or all-terrain 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 identification number. The plate shall not be removed until such time as the vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle is crushed.

(c) This section shall not apply to, and salvage certificates shall not be required for, unrecovered stolen vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles or vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles stolen and recovered in an undamaged condition, provided that the original vessel, snowmobile, or all terrain vehicle identification number plate has not been removed, altered, or destroyed, and the number on the vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle is identical with that on the original title certificate. (Added 2009, No. 39, § 7.)