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Re: Maryland Car Laws

To: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Maryland Car Laws
From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 21:22:15 -0700
Nolan Penney wrote:
> 
> Nope.  Maryland has no such thing as a salvage title.  I've owned several 
>vehicles
> that were purchased from scrap yards, totaled, and with mechanics leans.  The 
>guy
> at the junk yard doesn't have a title to the vehicle, and doesn't want to get
> popped for having a stolen vehicle that he sells to you.

I tried to do a search on the Maryland MVA site for "salvage" and came
up with nothing, and from Nolan's experience, they may have no law
pertaining to salvage vehicles. That said, other states do have salvage
laws, and in Texas, for example, only a dealer is permitted to bid and
buy at auto salvage auctions. 

But, there may be a way to get some information on the car, through the
Maryland MVA by submitting their form DR-057:

http://www.mva.state.md.us/docs/DR-057.pdf

Ultimately, though, if the guy wants to sell it for parts, because he
stands to make more money that way, and won't sell it whole, it's his
decision, not yours. You offered to buy the car whole, and he declined,
whatever his excuse. Not much can be done about that.

Cheers.

-- 
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell)
[mailto:mporter@zianet.com]

`70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly)
`71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
`72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver)
`64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care)
`80 TR7 (3.8 liter Buick-powered)
`86 Nissan 300ZX (the minimal-maintenance road car)
`68 VW Type II Camper (Lancia twin-cam powered, but feeling its age....)

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