Or. Admin. Code § 735-024-0030 - Definitions Relating to Vehicles and Documents for Vehicles that Have Been Damaged, Altered, or Rebuilt
The following definitions and application of terms apply to OAR 735-024-0030 through 735-024-0170:
(1) "Accepting Vehicles as Salvage Material"
as used in ORS 819.040, means to receive or
purchase a vehicle that has already been wrecked, dismantled, or
disassembled.
(2) "Assembled
Vehicle" as defined in ORS
801.130 and these rules, means a
vehicle:
(a) With a body that does not
resemble any particular year model or make of vehicle;
(b) That is not a vehicle rebuilt by a
manufacturer;
(c) That is not a
vehicle built in a factory where the year model and make are assigned at the
factory; and
(d) That is not an
antique vehicle, a vehicle of special interest, a reconstructed vehicle or a
replica.
(3) "Brand,"
"branded title" or "title brand" means a notation, indicator, symbol or phrase
that is or has been printed, stamped or otherwise affixed to a certificate of
title to indicate the history, condition, or circumstances of a vehicle. A
title brand does not necessarily indicate the extent to which a vehicle may
have been damaged, whether a vehicle has been repaired or to what degree a
damaged vehicle has been repaired.
(4) "Certificate of Title" or "title" is
defined in ORS 801.185. A title:
(a) May be issued by Oregon or another
jurisdiction;
(b) When issued by
Oregon, is issued under ORS
803.045 or as is provided in ORS
821.060;
(c) Except where designated, does not include
a "salvage title certificate," "salvage title" or "salvage
certificate";
(d) Is not issued to
vehicles that:
(A) Are dismantled,
disassembled, or substantially altered;
(B) Are otherwise in a condition that would
require the title to be surrendered to the DMV for cancellation;
(C) Have been issued a junk title, junk
certificate or similar ownership document or brand as described in OAR
735-020-0070; or
(D) Have a junk status or similar brand,
disposition, or notation when DMV queries NMVTIS as described in OAR
735-020-0070.
(e) Follows the frame or unibody
of the vehicle for which the title was originally issued.
(5) "Dismantle" and "Disassemble" are defined
in OAR 735-024-0050.
(6) "Frame" or "Unibody" refer to the major
component(s) of a vehicle that form the support structure, undercarriage or
lower structure of the vehicle, excluding such things as wheels or suspension.
"Frame" does not include the body of the vehicle.
(7) "Insurer" as used in ORS
801.527 and
819.014 and in these rules,
means a person engaged in the business of entering into policies of insurance.
The term does not include persons who are self-insured.
(8) "National Motor Vehicle Title Information
System" or "NMVTIS" means the electronic vehicle record system described in 28
CFR Part 25, Subpart B, and operated by the American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administrators.
(10) "Proof of Compliance" means a document
issued by DMV as evidence that:
(a) The title
or primary ownership document was surrendered to DMV in accordance with ORS
819.010,
819.012 or
819.014; and
(b) The title or primary ownership document
was marked, or DMV received other documentation that satisfied DMV that the
vehicle was wrecked, dismantled, disassembled or totaled.
(11) "Reconstructed Vehicle," or
"reconstructed" as defined in ORS
801.405 and these rules, means
either:
(a) A vehicle that:
(A) Has a body that resembles and primarily
is a particular year model or make of vehicle;
(B) Is not a vehicle rebuilt by a
manufacturer;
(C) Is not a vehicle
built in a factory where the year model and make are assigned at the factory;
and
(D) Is not a replica;
or
(b) A motor truck
that has been rebuilt using a component kit if the manufacturer of the kit
assigns a vehicle identification number and provides a manufacturer's
certificate of origin for the kit.
(12) "Replica" as defined in ORS
801.425 and these rules, means a
vehicle with a body built to resemble and be a reproduction of another vehicle
of a given year and given manufacturer.
(13) "Salvage Title Certificate," "Oregon
Salvage Title Certificate" or "salvage title" as defined in ORS
801.454 and this rule means a
written document issued by DMV under the provisions of ORS
803.140 and
819.016 as evidence of vehicle
ownership. Unless designated otherwise, an Oregon Salvage Title Certificate is
not a certificate of title.
(14)
"Salvage title," "salvage certificate," and "dismantler (wrecker) bill of sale"
means a document issued for a vehicle to indicate the vehicle has been damaged,
wrecked or salvaged or words of similar import. "Salvage title" does not refer
to an Oregon salvage title certificate as defined by ORS
801.454 and this rule, unless
the Oregon salvage title certificate reflects a brand that indicates the
vehicle was damaged in another jurisdiction, before being titled in
Oregon.
(15) "Substantially Alter
the Form" is defined in OAR
735-024-0050.
(16) "Totaled vehicle" and "totaled" as
defined in ORS 801.527 and these rules means:
(a) A vehicle that is declared a total loss
by an insurer that is obligated to cover the loss or that the insurer takes
possession of or title to;
(b) A
vehicle that is stolen, if it is not recovered within 30 days of the date that
it is stolen and if the loss is not covered by an insurer; or
(c) A vehicle that has sustained damage that
is not covered by an insurer and that is such that the estimated cost to repair
the vehicle is equal to at least 80 percent of the retail market value of the
vehicle prior to the damage. For purposes of this subsection, "retail market
value" is determined utilizing publications used by financial institutions
doing business in Oregon.
(17) "Wreck" is defined in OAR
735-024-0050.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.619, 802.010, 803.012, 803.015, 803.140, 819.016 & 821.060
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 803.015, 803.420 & 28 CFR Part 25
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