Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 761 - Transportation Department › Vehicles › Chapter 405 - Salvage › Rule 761-405.8 - Foreign Vehicles

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Definitions.
The following definitions apply to foreign titles
				and the designations shown on them.
"Junked"
means the vehicle is damaged or
				  dismantled and is prohibited from ever again being driven upon a
				  highway.
"Rebuilt"
means the vehicle had been
				  designated as salvage but had the designation removed, and the vehicle is
				  permitted to be driven and moved upon a highway. Also, a designation of
				  "salvage" on a regular foreign title means that the vehicle is rebuilt.
"Salvage"
means the vehicle is damaged and
				  shall not be registered to be driven or moved upon a highway until it is no
				  longer designated as salvage.
(2)
Foreign title with rebuilt
				designation.
If the prior title for a vehicle is a foreign title
				indicating that the vehicle was rebuilt, the Iowa title and registration
				receipt issued from the foreign title shall contain the designation of
				"rebuilt" together with the two-letter abbreviation of the name of the
				jurisdiction that issued the foreign title.
EXCEPTION: If a records check indicates that the vehicle was
				  previously titled in Iowa with a designation of "prior salvage," the prior
				  salvage designation shall be redesignated as "REBUILT-IA" and the "REBUILT-IA"
				  designation takes precedence and shall be carried forward to the Iowa title and
				  registration receipt. If a records check indicates that the vehicle was
				  previously titled in Iowa with a designation of "REBUILT-IA," the "REBUILT-IA"
				  designation takes precedence and shall be carried forward to the Iowa title and
				  registration receipt.
(3)
Converting foreign salvage title to Iowa title.
If the prior
				title for a vehicle is a foreign title indicating that the vehicle is salvage,
				a regular Iowa title shall not be issued for the vehicle unless an Iowa salvage
				title is first issued. After an Iowa salvage title is issued for the vehicle, a
				regular Iowa title may be obtained pursuant to rule
				761-405.7 (321).
EXCEPTION 1: As provided in 405.3(3), a licensed new motor
				  vehicle dealer or an authorized vehicle recycler is not required to obtain an
				  Iowa salvage title upon assignment of a foreign salvage title to the dealer or
				  recycler, provided a vacant reassignment space is available on the
				  title.
EXCEPTION 2: As provided in Iowa Code section
				  321.24(5),
				  an owner who surrenders a foreign salvage title and obtains a salvage theft
				  examination pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  321.52(4)
"b"
within 30 days of the date the owner was assigned the
				  foreign salvage title is not required to first obtain an Iowa salvage
				  title.
(4)
Salvage
				titled vehicle leaving and reentering Iowa.
If a vehicle leaves Iowa
				with an Iowa salvage title and reenters Iowa with a regular foreign title, a
				regular Iowa title may be issued without a salvage theft examination. The
				regular Iowa title and registration receipt issued from the foreign title will
				be designated:
a. "REBUILT-IA" if the foreign
				title does not indicate that the vehicle was rebuilt.
b. As specified in subrule 405.8(2) if the
				foreign title indicates that the vehicle was rebuilt.