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VEH 431: A “nonrepairable vehicle” is a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration that meets the criteria specified …

DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED

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California Vehicle Code section 431 (A “nonrepairable vehicle” is a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration that meets the criteria specified …) addresses a “nonrepairable vehicle” is a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration that meets the criteria specified in subdivision (a), (b), or (c). The vehicle shall be issued a nonrepairable vehicle certificate and the vehicle, the vehicle frame, or unitized frame and body, as applicable, and as defined…. Part of DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED. Tags Clinic hosts the official statutory text unchanged below for registration, title, and compliance reference in California.

Key Takeaways

  • A “nonrepairable vehicle” is a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration that meets the criteria specified in subdivision (a), (b), or (c).
  • The vehicle shall be issued a nonrepairable vehicle certificate and the vehicle, the vehicle frame, or unitized frame and body, as applicable, and as defined….
  • (a) A nonrepairable vehicle is a vehicle that has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap metal, and which the owner irreversibly designates….
  • (b) A nonrepairable vehicle is a completely stripped vehicle (a surgical strip) recovered from theft, missing all of the bolt on sheet metal body panels, all….
  • (c) A nonrepairable vehicle is a completely burned vehicle (burned hulk) that has been burned to the extent that there are no more usable or repairable body or….

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DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
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