New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 21 - LICENSING SERVICE
Subchapter 22 - SALVAGE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE
Section 13:21-22.9 - Inspection of stolen motor vehicles recovered without damaged or missing vehicle identification numbers and without damage sufficient to be rendered economically impractical to repair

The inspection performed upon a recovered stolen motor vehicle by the recovering law enforcement agency to ascertain ownership of the vehicle shall be deemed sufficient inspection for purposes of the issuance of a certificate of ownership to the owner of such vehicle pursuant to 13:21-22.14, provided that the recovered stolen vehicle does not have a missing, altered or damaged vehicle identification number or plate and has not sustained damage to such an extent that it has been rendered economically impractical to repair.