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 SubTitle14-16c-1_14-16c-3. Submission of Copies of Titles for Totalled Motor Vehicles and the Transfer of Totalled Motor Vehicles on the Original Certificate of Title: Appraiser’s Damage Report

  SubTitle14-16c-1_14-16c-3. Submission of Copies of Titles for Totalled Motor Vehicles and the Transfer of Totalled Motor Vehicles on the Original Certificate of Title: Appraiser’s Damage Report  

Sec. 14-16c-1. Return of certificate of title
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Any insurance company required, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-16c of the Connecticut General Statutes, to return copies of certificates of titles for totalled motor vehicles to the commissioner of motor vehicles shall on or before the fifteenth day of each month mail or deliver to the commissioner such copies of certificates of title received by such company during the preceding month. All such copies of certificates of title in accordance with the provisions of said subsection shall have the word "SALVAGE" or "SALVAGE PARTS ONLY" stamped in letters one inch in height. Such stamp shall not exceed three inches in length, shall be affixed to the face of the certificate of title, shall be clearly legible and shall not overlay any of the information appearing in such certificate pertaining to the ownership, liens or motor vehicle description.

(Effective March 25, 1982; Amended October 14, 2004)
Sec. 14-16c-2. Copy of certificate of title
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The statement required by subsection (c) of section 14-16c of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be placed on the face of the original and one copy of the certificate of title, and shall be clearly legible and shall not overlay any of the information appearing in the original or such copy with respect to the ownership, liens or motor vehicle description. Any insurance company transferring a totalled motor vehicle on the original certificate of title pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-16c shall record the name and address of the purchaser on the reverse side of the original title in any section bearing the heading "CERTIFICATION BY CONNECTICUT LICENSED DEALER." No dealer's number shall be recorded and the signature shall be that of the authorized agent of the insurer who shall sign on the line above the words "Signature of Licensed Dealer."

(Effective March 25, 1982; Amended October 14, 2004)
Sec. 14-16c-3. Appraiser's damage report on totalled motor vehicles
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(a) Each licensed dealer shall make disclosures to the prospective purchaser of each used motor vehicle that it offers for sale in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 42-225 of the Connecticut General Statutes. If the motor vehicle has been declared a constructive total loss by an insurance company and the title has been stamped "SALVAGE," in accordance with the provisions of section 14-16c of the Connecticut General Statutes, the dealer shall provide to the prospective purchaser a true copy of the appraiser's damage report. Such copy of the damage report shall be initialed by the purchaser and attached to the dealer's copy of the contract of sale.

(b) No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of leasing or renting motor vehicles and licensed in accordance with section 14-15 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall sell any motor vehicle, the title to which is required to be stamped "SALVAGE," with out providing to the prospective purchaser a true copy of the appraiser's damage report. Such copy of the damage report shall be initialed by the purchaser and attached to the licensee's copy of the contract of sale.

(c) Any licensed dealer who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to any action or penalty authorized by section 14-64 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Any licensed leasing or rental firm who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed to have engaged in an unfair deceptive trade practice, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 14-15b of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(Adopted effective October 14, 2004)