{"id":46258,"date":"2020-05-19T10:40:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T17:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/?post_type=dmv_handbook&#038;p=46258"},"modified":"2024-11-12T05:28:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:28:28","slug":"6-040-salvage-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/dismantlers-handbook-of-registration-procedures\/quick-reference-charts\/6-040-salvage-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"6.040 Salvage Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Definition:<\/strong>&nbsp;A total loss salvage vehicle for which the department has issued a Salvage Certificate (REG 489) as the titling<br>document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notice of Acquisition (REG 42):<\/strong>\u00a0Not required<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Report of Vehicle To Be Dismantled (REG 42):\u00a0<\/strong>Required<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When can the vehicle be dismantled?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any time after the Report of Vehicle To Be Dismantled (REG 42), evidence of ownership, and license plates or Dismantler\u2019s Notice of License Plate Destruction (REG 42) are\u00a0<strong>delivered\u00a0<\/strong>to the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Documents required to obtain junk status:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit to the department:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Report of Vehicle to be Dismantled (REG 42).<\/li><li>The California Salvage Certificate (REG 489).<\/li><li>If the vehicle was purchased from someone other than the registered owner, as shown on the Salvage Certificate, bill(s) of sale to complete the chain of ownership showing the dismantler as the latest owner.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":43642,"menu_order":4,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[583],"class_list":["post-46258","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-dismantler-reg-procedures-handbook"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6.040 Salvage Vehicles - California DMV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/dismantlers-handbook-of-registration-procedures\/quick-reference-charts\/6-040-salvage-vehicles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"6.040 Salvage Vehicles - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition:&nbsp;A total loss salvage vehicle for which the department has issued a Salvage Certificate (REG 489) as the titlingdocument. 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