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Louisiana: total loss threshold and rebuilt title rules
What Louisiana’s own pages print, word for word. Kind of rule, by our sorting: Percentage.
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When is a vehicle salvage or a total loss in Louisiana, in the state’s words?
“"Total loss" means a motor vehicle which has sustained damages equivalent to seventy-five percent or more of the market value as determined by the most current National Automobile Dealers Association Handbook.”
“"Salvage title" shall mean a certificate used to evidence the declaration in an insurance settlement that a motor vehicle is a "total loss" motor vehicle as provided in this Chapter”
Citation as the page prints it: §702. Definitions
(Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:702, Definitions, read November 11, 2026)
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How do you get a rebuilt title in Louisiana, in the state’s words?
“The vehicle identification number of every vehicle for which an application is submitted shall be inspected by an inspector at a location designated by the department.”
“Bills of sale evidencing acquisition of all major component parts used to restore the vehicle”
What fee does Louisiana print?
We did not find a fee sentence on an official page a plain request could read. That is our search coming up empty on November 11, 2026, not a statement that there is no fee.
What do the pages print about the title afterwards?
“the commissioner shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the owner which shall contain the notation "RECONSTRUCTED" on the face of the certificate”
Where are Louisiana’s official pages?
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