{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-41-1a-1004","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 41-1a-1004","heading":"Certificate of title -- Salvage vehicles -- Buyer notification of salvage or total loss vehicle.","body":"(1) If the division is able to ascertain the fact, at the time application is made for initial registration or transfer of ownership of a salvage vehicle, the title shall be branded:\n(a) rebuilt and restored to operation;\n(b) in a flood and restored to operation; or\n(c) not restored to operation.\n(2)\n(a)\n(i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), before the sale of a vehicle for which a salvage certificate or branded title has been knowingly issued or knowingly declared a total loss by an insurance company, the seller shall provide the prospective purchaser with written notification that a salvage certificate or a branded title has been issued for the vehicle.\n(ii) If the vehicle is a salvage vehicle or if the vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company, the notification shall be as required in Section 41-1a-1005.3.\n(b) The requirement to provide written notification under Subsection (2)(a) does not apply if:\n(i) the prospective purchaser, motor vehicle auction, or seller is:\n(A) a licensed motor vehicle dealer whose primary business is auctioning salvage motor vehicles to licensed salvage vehicle buyers; or\n(B) an insurance company, if the sale of the vehicle is the result of a total loss settlement; or\n(ii) the vehicle has been stolen, recovered, and declared a total loss by an insurance company but does not meet the definition of a salvage vehicle.\n(3)\n(a) An advertisement for the sale of a vehicle for which a salvage certificate or branded title has been issued shall disclose that a salvage certificate or branded title has been issued for the vehicle.\n(b)\n(i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), an advertisement for a vehicle declared a total loss by an insurance company shall disclose that the vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company.\n(ii) A vehicle that has been stolen, recovered, and declared a total loss by an insurance company but does not meet the definition of a salvage vehicle is exempted from the advertising requirement described in Subsection (3)(b)(i).\n(iii) Subsections (3)(a), (3)(b)(i), and (3)(b)(ii) do not apply to a motor vehicle auction or a consigner to a motor vehicle auction if no disclosure is required under Section 41-1a-1005.3.\n(c) The advertisement disclosure under Subsection (3)(a) or (b)(i) shall:\n(i) be displayed at least as prominently as the description of the advertised vehicle is displayed; and\n(ii) if a salvage certificate or branded title has been issued or the vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company:\n(A) use the words \"salvage certificate\" or \"branded title\" in the advertisement; or\n(B) use the words \"insurer declared total loss.\"","path":["Title 41 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 41-1a Motor Vehicle Act","Part 41-1a-10 Salvage Vehicles - Junk and Dismantled Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title41/Chapter1a/41-1a-S1004.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"a79f43764f04dfeab57b07efcb4172d94deebfd93bbc2349779c8b422fb4f78c","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-41-1a-1001","next":"us-ut/utah-code-41-1a-1005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}