Frequently Asked Questions

If you do not have the license plate, submit a Plate Refund request online. As the seller, you must sign off the back of the title and have your signature notarized. Give the title to your insurance company so they can apply for a salvage title; or if you have sold it to a salvage yard, you must apply for the salvage title and give it to the salvage yard. Complete a Sold Notice online, or on the back of the Vehicle Registration and mail it to the address indicated.

Level I – Basic inspection to match the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the vehicle ownership documents to determine the identity of the vehicle. This is required for all vehicles anytime there are no ownership documents. Most vehicles are successfully inspected and verified at this level. A Level I verification is conducted by an MVD or authorized Third Party employee or a designated peace officer. There is no fee for a Level I inspection conducted at an MVD office.

Level II – Secondary inspection is conducted when unusual circumstances indicate that a secondary VIN should be examined. A Level II inspection is conducted by a specially certified MVD agent. The fee is $20.

Level III – Highest level inspection is conducted by specially certified MVD agents for restored salvage vehicles, by appointment only. The fee is $50.

Abandoned Vehicle Inspections – Any law enforcement officer or authorized third party provider can provide an inspection on a vehicle abandoned on private property.

Additional fees may apply depending on the circumstances.

Frequently Asked Questions

An aircraft exemption cannot be filed electronically. Exemption forms must be notarized and mailed to the Motor Vehicle Division, Aircraft Registration Unit; at the address on the form.

• All exemptions must be claimed by the last day of February or within 60 days of purchasing the aircraft.
• The aircraft may be eligible for an exemption if it falls into one of the following categories:
  • Stored or repaired aircraft
  • Salvage aircraft
  • Manufacturer
  • Maintenance

Frequently Asked Questions

A Salvage Vehicle is a vehicle to be titled and registered that had been stolen, wrecked, destroyed by water or otherwise damaged to the extent that the insurance company considered it to be uneconomical to repair and was therefore issued a certificate of title branded/marked as Salvage.

Restored salvage is a vehicle that was previously issued a certificate of title branded as Salvage, but has now been repaired/restored, then inspected for roadworthiness and issued a title branded as Restored Salvage.

Arizona law requires that any person who sells a vehicle for which a salvage title has been issued, must disclose to the buyer, before the completion of the sale, that it is a salvage vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Level I – Basic inspection to match the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the vehicle ownership documents to determine the identity of the vehicle. Required only for certain vehicles. Most vehicles are successfully inspected and verified at this level.

Level I inspections are conducted at MVD and authorized Third Party offices, or by designated law enforcement officers. There is no fee for a Level I inspection conducted at an MVD office. Third Party providers may charge a fee.

Level II – Secondary inspection is conducted when unusual circumstances indicate that a secondary VIN should be examined. A Level II inspection is conducted by a specially certified ADOT agent. The fee is $20.

Level III – Highest level inspection is conducted by specially certified ADOT agents for restored salvage vehicles, by appointment only. The fee is $50.

Abandoned Vehicle Inspections – Any law enforcement officer or authorized third party provider can provide an inspection on a vehicle abandoned on private property.

Additional fees may apply depending on the circumstances.

A Salvage Certificate of Title is issued to a vehicle that was stolen, wrecked, destroyed, water damaged or otherwise damaged to the extent that the owner, leasing company, financial institution or insurance company considers it to be uneconomical to repair.

A Restored Salvage Certificate of Title is issued to a vehicle that has been rebuilt or restored to operation.

In addition to the title, you must show receipts, invoices, bills of sale or other ownership documents for component parts used in the vehicle repair process.

Yes. Per Arizona Revised Statutes 28-2091-I the seller must tell the buyer that they are purchasing a salvage vehicle. Make sure that when you do buy a salvage vehicle that you get to keep the proof of ownership of replacement component parts used in the repair or restoration.