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Texas: total loss threshold and rebuilt title rules
What Texas’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 Texas, in the state’s words?
“Salvage Motor Vehicle - damaged to the extent that the cost of repairs exceeds the pre damaged actual cash value of the vehicle (over 100%).”
“is damaged or missing a major component part to the extent that the cost of repair including parts and labor, exceeds the actual value of the motor vehicle immediately before the damage”
Citation as the page prints it: Refer to Transportation Code Sec. 501.091.
(Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Salvage/Nonrepairable Motor Vehicle Manual, read November 11, 2026)
The quotes are from the Department of Motor Vehicles manual, which names the Transportation Code section. The statute site returned no text to a plain request.
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How do you get a rebuilt title in Texas, in the state’s words?
“A rebuilt vehicle must pass safety and anti-theft inspections, and other state-mandated standards in order to return to the road.”
What fee does Texas print?
“a $65 Rebuilt Salvage Fee will be due when an applicant applies for a Texas Certificate of Title branded "Rebuilt Salvage".”
Read each fee sentence for what it covers: an inspection, a title, or something else.
Which form does Texas name?
“Rebuilt Vehicle Statement (Form VTR-61)”
What do the pages print about the title afterwards?
“Your Texas title will include the "Rebuilt Salvage" brand.”
Where are Texas’s official pages?
- Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Salvage/Nonrepairable Motor Vehicle Manual
- Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Rebuilt Vehicles
Official pages we asked for and could not read:
- Texas Transportation Code chapter 501 on the Legislature’s statutes site: on November 11, 2026 it sent back a page with no statute text in it.
Every quote above was matched word for word against its page on November 11, 2026. If one has changed, tell us.