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2024 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act
Part 10 - Salvage Vehicles - Junk and Dismantled Vehicles
Section 1004 - Certificate of title -- Salvage vehicles -- Buyer notification of salvage or total loss vehicle.

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UT Code § 41-1a-1004 (2024)
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Effective 5/12/2020
41-1a-1004. Certificate of title -- Salvage vehicles -- Buyer notification of salvage or total loss vehicle.
  • (1) If the division is able to ascertain the fact, at the time application is made for initial registration or transfer of ownership of a salvage vehicle, the title shall be branded:
    • (a) rebuilt and restored to operation;
    • (b) in a flood and restored to operation; or
    • (c) not restored to operation.
  • (2)
    • (a)
      • (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), before the sale of a vehicle for which a salvage certificate or branded title has been knowingly issued or knowingly declared a total loss by an insurance company, the seller shall provide the prospective purchaser with written notification that a salvage certificate or a branded title has been issued for the vehicle.
      • (ii) If the vehicle is a salvage vehicle or if the vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company, the notification shall be as required in Section 41-1a-1005.3.
    • (b) The requirement to provide written notification under Subsection (2)(a) does not apply if:
      • (i) the prospective purchaser, motor vehicle auction, or seller is:
        • (A) a licensed motor vehicle dealer whose primary business is auctioning salvage motor vehicles to licensed salvage vehicle buyers; or
        • (B) an insurance company, if the sale of the vehicle is the result of a total loss settlement; or
      • (ii) the vehicle has been stolen, recovered, and declared a total loss by an insurance company but does not meet the definition of a salvage vehicle.
  • (3)
    • (a) An advertisement for the sale of a vehicle for which a salvage certificate or branded title has been issued shall disclose that a salvage certificate or branded title has been issued for the vehicle.
    • (b)
      • (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), an advertisement for a vehicle declared a total loss by an insurance company shall disclose that the vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company.
      • (ii) A vehicle that has been stolen, recovered, and declared a total loss by an insurance company but does not meet the definition of a salvage vehicle is exempted from the advertising requirement described in Subsection (3)(b)(i).
      • (iii) Subsections (3)(a), (3)(b)(i), and (3)(b)(ii) do not apply to a motor vehicle auction or a consigner to a motor vehicle auction if no disclosure is required under Section 41-1a-1005.3.
    • (c) The advertisement disclosure under Subsection (3)(a) or (b)(i) shall:
      • (i) be displayed at least as prominently as the description of the advertised vehicle is displayed; and
      • (ii) if a salvage certificate or branded title has been issued or the vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company:
        • (A) use the words "salvage certificate" or "branded title" in the advertisement; or
        • (B) use the words "insurer declared total loss."


Amended by Chapter 267, 2020 General Session
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