New York is the same only you can buy totaled cars and rebuild them. A clean
title will not be issued for the car until the car is inspected by the
state. I can't believe that MD doesn't have laws that are similar. From what
Nolan says the junk yard could have stolen parts and no one would know. By
the way it's been a long time since I did this in new York 15yrs ago but I
was a registered dealer and bought a lot of cars at auction from insurance
companies both sealed and open bids and nothing is sold without a title.
This is the same place junk yards buy there stuff from. I live in FL and
yes when a car is salvage here you can't buy the whole car. You can buy
anything short of anything with the vin number on it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@erols.com>
Cc: "David A. Schenck" <DavidASchenck@home.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: Maryland Car Laws
>
> 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....)
>
> Remember: Math and alcohol do not mix... do not drink and derive.
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