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Maine: total loss threshold and rebuilt title rules
What Maine’s own pages print, word for word. Kind of rule, by our sorting: Wording, no sum to do.
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When is a vehicle salvage or a total loss in Maine, in the state’s words?
“"Salvage vehicle" means a vehicle that, by reason of its condition or circumstance, is declared a total loss by an insurer or owner or is transferred to a recycler or salvage dealer, or a vehicle for which a certificate of salvage has been issued.”
Citation as the page prints it: §602. Definitions
(Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A, section 602, read November 11, 2026)
No fee is quoted. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles site refused our request, and the statute section prints no amount.
Nothing to compute. We do not compute a money comparison from this quotation; the quoted words are what the state prints. States whose sentences can be computed are on the rule types page.
How do you get a rebuilt title in Maine, in the state’s words?
“If a salvage vehicle is repaired or rebuilt for operation on a public way, the vehicle may only be titled or registered for operation or offered for sale in this State if:”
“The identification number of the vehicle and its component parts are inspected and verified”
“Upon demand of the Secretary of State or a transferee, a repairer or rebuilder shall produce receipts of purchase of the vehicle or for component parts used in the repairing or rebuilding process, or both.”
What fee does Maine 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 legend "rebuilt salvage" must appear on a certificate of title for a rebuilt salvage vehicle if:”
“Two or more vehicles with different frames are joined;”
“A salvage vehicle has 5 or more component parts replaced;”
“A certificate of title with the legend "rebuilt salvage" issued by the Secretary of State or by any other jurisdiction accompanies an application to the State for a subsequent certificate of title; or”
“A total vehicle loss has been repaired by the use of a front or rear clip.”
Where are Maine’s official pages?
Official pages we asked for and could not read:
- Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, salvage titles: on November 11, 2026 it refused our plain request.
Every quote above was matched word for word against its page on November 11, 2026. If one has changed, tell us.