There's some sort of screwy law like that in Maryland.
A friend of mine wanted to buy a totaled Chevy truck
to steal the drive train out of to put into his late
model truck and figured the extra bits would be handy
as well and the rest he could just scrap.
He was told that only "licensed dealers" can purchase
a salvage vehicle and then it can only be used as
scrap or stripped off in pieces (even though that's
what his intent was). I personally think they were
jerkin' his chain, that they had a 'dealer' buyer
willing to pay more for it, or that they will make
more out of it in pieces than as a whole. But on the
otherhand I can see where wreckers would be weary of
people buying vehicles to "fix-up" and try to pawn off
on the public as used cars for sale. And if it ever
got back as to where someone picked-up the vehicle,
the wrecker could be held responsible. This is a very
litigious state.
BUT, if you total a car and your insurance company
pays off your policy, they will sometimes allow you to
buy back the wreckage as a whole (and I know of a
couple of resident MD'rs that have done it recently).
Why is this? I don't know. And I don't know anyone
that understands Maryland State laws (that includes
the prolific numbers of attourneys that seem to grow
like fungus here). My appologies to any resident
attourneys on the list, but we have more lawers per
capita than any state in the union (and my sister is
one...a fungus that is).
-Terry
'76 Spitfire 1500 (when the hell is the warm weather
going to be here?)
--- "David A. Schenck" <DavidASchenck@home.com> wrote:
>
> List,
>
> I have a question that pertains to MD laws but may
> be similar in other states.
> I found a car at a junkyard that I would like to
> purchase complete not as
> parts. I was told by the person at the junkyard
> that once the car becomes
> recorded as salvage by the state the car can only be
> parted out. I asked if I
> could buy "all of the parts" and he said he could
> sell me most of the parts
> individually but not all of them. Is this correct?
> Would having a fist full
> of cash change the interpretation of the law? Could
> myself and another person
> each buy 1/2 of the car's parts? Any insight on
> this would be great.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave
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