40+ Year Old Car Totaled. Will I get a rebuilt title?
Cannot find an answer, even after calling the DOL. My 40+ year old collector car got totaled after an accident. Called the DOL and got 2 different answers. It IS over the approx $12k value threshold, but NOT 6-20 years old. I called the DOL on 2 occasions, one time they said they would not issue a rebuilt brand because it is over the 6-20 year requirement, but the other time they said it only needed to reach the monetary value threshold to get the brand.
The definition of salvage vehicle includes "the vehicle had a retail fair market value of at least the then market value threshold amount and has a model year designation of a calendar year not more than twenty years before the calendar year in which the vehicle was wrecked, destroyed, or damaged." So is it even a salvage vehicle or just a total loss vehicle? If it isnt a salvage vehicle doesnt that mean that it cannot receive a rebuilt brand? Perhaps this is simply just confusing to me, but I have posted the sources I gained this info from. If anyone has any ideas or experience with this please tell!! Thank you.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=308-56A-460&utm
https://dol.wa.gov/vehicles-and-boats/vehicles/vehicle-registration/vehicle-title/salvaged-vehicles
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.04.514