Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) For purposes of
this rule, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Destroyed" means the salvage title no
longer exists. "Destroyed" does not include surrender of the salvage title to
DMV or another jurisdiction.
(b)
"DMV" means the Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division of the Oregon
Department of Transportation.
(c)
"Lost" means that the registered owner or person required to attest to the
disposition of the salvage title does not know the whereabouts of the salvage
title, and, to the best of the registered owner's or person's knowledge, the
salvage title is not in the possession of another party.
(d) "Mutilated" means the salvage title
itself is damaged (e.g., torn in half), or the vehicle description, title brand
information, or ownership information printed on the title when issued, has
been altered in a manner that could lead a person to believe the title was
issued differently than it was. "Mutilated" does not include alterations or
errors made in the assignment of title.
(2) DMV will issue a replacement salvage
title when the previous salvage title has been lost, mutilated, or
destroyed.
(3) Information required
on the application includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Information sufficient for DMV to
identify the vehicle and locate the current vehicle record such as the vehicle
make, year model, and vehicle identification number;
(b) The name and address of the registered
owner;
(c) A certification that the
salvage title was lost, mutilated or destroyed;
(d) The signature, or other unique identifier
accepted by DMV if the application is submitted by electronic means, of a
person eligible to apply as described in section (4) of this rule;
and
(e) The signature of someone
other than the registered owner if they are attesting to the disposition of the
original title.
(4) DMV
will accept an Application for Replacement Salvage Title (DMV Form 735-230), or
an application in another format acceptable to DMV, that is completed by:
(a) A security interest holder recorded on
the salvage title;
(b) A lessor, if
there is a lessor, and no security interest holder;
(c) A registered owner, if there is no
security interest holder or lessor;
(d) Someone other than the registered owner
when the registered owner is deceased and interest is transferred to the
applicant by operation of law; or
(e) Someone other than the registered owner
when the person obtained a release from the registered owner and the salvage
title was lost, mutilated or destroyed.
(5) DMV may accept an application for
replacement salvage title with transfer of interest:
(a) For any vehicle exempt from odometer
disclosure requirements established under ORS
803.102
or OAR 735-028-0010; or
(b) For a
vehicle subject to odometer requirements when the transfer:
(A) Is by operation of law;
(B) Is solely due to the creation, release,
or assignment of a security interest and at least one owner remains the same;
or
(C) Involves only the removal or
addition of co-owners where at least one owner remains the
same.
(6) The
application must be accompanied by the fee for a replacement salvage title as
established ORS
803.090.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
184.619,
802.010,
803.065,
803.140
& 821.060
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
803.010,
803.045,
803.065,
803.090
& 803.140
