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Transfer to vehicle salvage dealer - 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1162

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     § 1162.  Transfer to vehicle salvage dealer.
        (a)  General rule.--Any owner who transfers a vehicle or a
     salvage vehicle to a vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in
     section 1337(c)(2) (relating to use of "Miscellaneous Motor
     Vehicle Business" registration plates), shall assign the
     certificate of title or salvage certificate to the vehicle
     salvage dealer. A certificate of title or salvage certificate
     for a vehicle transferred to a vehicle salvage dealer is exempt
     from the requirements of notarization and verification by a
     corporate officer.
        (b)  Certificate of title.--Upon transfer of a certificate of
     title to a salvage vehicle dealer, the salvage vehicle dealer
     shall immediately send to the department or an authorized agent
     of the department either of the following:
            (1)  The assigned certificate of title attached to a form
        prescribed by the department indicating that the vehicle is
        to be designated as a nonrepairable vehicle. A copy of the
        form shall be retained for record in accordance with section
        6308(d) (relating to investigation by police officers). The
        vehicle shall not be rebuilt, retitled or issued a
        certificate of any kind.
            (2)  The assigned certificate of title with an
        application for a certificate of salvage upon a form
        prescribed by the department. The certificate of salvage,
        when issued to the vehicle salvage dealer, shall have the
        same effect as provided in section 1161(c) (relating to
        certificate of salvage required).
        (c)  Vehicles with defective or lost title.--Any person on
     whose property is located a vehicle which is a salvage vehicle
     and which has a faulty, lost or destroyed title may transfer the
     vehicle to a salvor or to a salvage program operated by a
     political subdivision for removal to a suitable place of storage
     or for scrapping, provided the salvor or salvage program
     complies with the requirements of this section, except that the
     report to the department that the vehicle is a salvage vehicle
     shall be verified by the transferor of the vehicle instead of
     the police department.

        Cross References.  Section 1162 is referred to in section
     1161 of this title.

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