Can You Undo a Certificate of Destruction? Secrets Behind Non-Repairable Titles
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- The different types of vehicle titles you might encounter at Copart, IAA, or salvage auctions
- What “junk,” “parts only,” and “non-repairable” titles mean
- State-specific versions:
- Florida’s Certificate of Destruction
- Kentucky’s Red Title
- Tennessee’s Non-Repairable Title
- The role of insurance companies in declaring vehicles as non-repairable
- How the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) works
- Why title brand information is shared across all 50 states plus territories
- How NMVTIS helps prevent:
- Title fraud
- Auto theft
- Odometer rollbacks
- Federal law requirements on title tracking and validity
- Why title brand history matters more than what’s printed on your physical title
- The two ways to possibly reverse a junk or certificate of destruction status:
- Getting a new VIN number (as a kit car or assembled vehicle)
- Filing a court order petition to override the non-repairable status
- State restrictions on junk, salvage, and rebuilt titles
- Warnings about flipping titles across states and why NMVTIS blocks this
- The reality: In most states, once a car is branded “junk” or “non-repairable,” it’s nearly impossible to title again—unless you take legal steps
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