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How to Title a Vehicle With a Salvage Title in Ohio

Traffic accidents, floods, tinkering and dismantling are all ways that your car, a once-drivable on-road machine, could become a salvage vehicle according to Ohio standards. Auto insurance companies will appraise its value and determine whether to call the car a salvage or to put it back on the road. Once your vehicle is declared a salvaged vehicle, you must obtain a salvage title for it within 30 days. If you choose to repair it, you will need to reinstate the title before driving it on the road.

Instructions

Obtaining a Salvage Title

1

Locate the clerk of courts title office for your county and make an appointment.

2

Present your vehicles original title and the salvage certificate or document from the insurance company that states that the vehicle is a salvage vehicle.

3

Exchange the original title for the salvage title. A salvage title makes your car illegal to drive on any highway.

Rebuilt Salvage Title

4

Find the deputy registrars office for your county and ask for an inspection form for your salvaged vehicle.

5

Pay the titling fee and save the receipt, which you will have to show to the inspection facility.

6

Find a nearby inspection facility (see Resources) and make an appointment to have your vehicle inspected.

7

Present the receipts for all major components of the car that you have replaced. Bring the Ohio salvage title and the receipt and inspection form from the deputy registrars office.

8

Take the completed inspection form and Ohio salvage title to the clerk of courts title office in your county. Exchange the salvage title for an Ohio rebuilt salvage title, which makes the vehicle legal to drive on highways again.