# Registering a Salvage Title **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924 "2010-05-12T20:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/1 "2010-05-12T20:46:23Z")
NVM ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/2 "2010-05-12T22:01:26Z")
You are fucked. probably. You do need to get an appointment for an inspection. Without receipts they have no way of knowing the parts you bought are stolen or not, which is their main concern. Find a way to give the car back and get most of your money. It will be cheaper and easier in the long run ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/3 "2010-05-12T22:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=)\>\<(((x\>;2299117]So I bought a salvage title car. The previous owner checked the back of the box on the title saying that it had been in an accident…75% of it was totaled, whatever. My questions is what do I have to do to register it? Or more clarification at least I’ve read the DMV website and it basically says that I have to go apply for a new title, mail that to albany then wait for the new title to get mailed to me then the DMV has to inspect the car to make sure everything isn’t stolen. Is this correct? Can anyone shed some more light on this? Also, I see the inspection is asking for receipts of parts, what do I do about this if I have no receipts of parts seeing as I"m the new owner?[/QUOTE] I was looking into this a while back… IIRC you have too schedule an appointment with a DMV inspection station, than you have to pay $500.00, and they inspect it and make sure it is in safe and working order and all parts have been repaired . You cannot drive it too the inspection station, and if you fail, they keep your 500.00 and you ahve too go through it all over again. IMHO a pain in the dick ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/4 "2010-05-12T22:08:44Z")
it’s all on the dmv website, google it ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/5 "2010-05-12T22:09:29Z")
I kinda doubt the $500 fee. ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/6 "2010-05-12T22:10:04Z")
I did google it that’s why I’m asking for clarification. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/7 "2010-05-12T22:10:36Z")
edit about the fee: > [@NYS DMV](#): > > You must pay with a personal check or money order payable to “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles”. The DMV does not accept a starter check. > > ``` > * The fee is $200 if you send form MV-907A (NYS Salvage Certificate) as proof of ownership. > * If you do not send form MV-907A as proof of ownership, the fee is $205. > > ``` no sense in quoting the whole page, just read all of this: [http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/salvexam.htm](http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/salvexam.htm) ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/8 "2010-05-12T22:10:51Z")
edit: > [@NYS DMV](#): > > You must pay with a personal check or money order payable to “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles”. The DMV does not accept a starter check. > > ``` > * The fee is $200 if you send form MV-907A (NYS Salvage Certificate) as proof of ownership. > * If you do not send form MV-907A as proof of ownership, the fee is $205. > > ``` read all of this: [http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/salvexam.htm](http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/salvexam.htm) ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/9 "2010-05-12T22:14:57Z")
Read most of it. SO seeing as I don’t have receipts of anything is it safe to say I’m fucked and can proceed to taking pop shots and starting the car on fire? ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/10 "2010-05-12T22:17:10Z")
noooooo > [@travisn](#): > > Find a way to give the car back and get most of your money. It will be cheaper and easier in the long run ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/11 "2010-05-12T22:22:39Z")
There is no possible way to give the car back. At this point I’ll take any reasonable offer of cash. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/12 "2010-05-12T22:27:49Z")
why? go back to the guy and say “you sold me a car I have no way of registering because you never provided receipts and the parts may be stolen” and see what he says. OR. Are there any pictures of the car pre-damaged? if so buy the parts that were needed to complete the repairs (the inspectors like to see pictures, it makes their job easier by knowing where to look), go to the inspection with receipts and car, return parts once inspection is complete since you never actually put them on your car. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/13 "2010-05-14T10:03:35Z")
so the car is a salvage as it sits? or has a rebuilt salvage title? ---
**Author:** ![Harvey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvey/32/5069_2.png) [@Harvey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Harvey)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/14 "2010-05-14T10:08:13Z")
what kind of car? ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/15 "2010-05-14T10:16:05Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > so the car is a salvage as it sits? or has a rebuilt salvage title? this will make a big difference ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/16 "2010-05-14T17:58:18Z")
Good news fellows! The previous owner thought that if the insurance paid any amount of money to have it fixed it was totalled. A few phone calls later and a visit to his mechanic revealed that it is not a salvage title and a duplicate title is on it’s way to him as we speak, a clean one. So I can just go have that title signed over to me with the CORRECT box checked on the back , saying that the vehicle is not a salvage. ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/17 "2010-05-14T17:59:53Z")
Haha, what a retard. Good for you though! ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/18 "2010-05-14T18:00:39Z")
Hell yes good for me! Lol thanks. And it also gives me 5 days to fix the valve cover gasket and rear brakes. ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/19 "2010-05-14T18:02:24Z")
What is it? ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924/20 "2010-05-14T18:04:08Z")
Miata. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/registering-a-salvage-title/154924.md?page=2)