1. (a) In the event a vehicle was considered a total loss because of theft, and subsequently the vehicle is recovered with no damage as confirmed by an insurance company's written statement, the owner of the vehicle or dealer shall complete, under the penalties of unsworn falsification, and submit form DSMV 545A, “Salvaged Motor Vehicle Affidavit Application”, (Rev 02/25):

   1. (1) Indicating that the vehicle described therein is a total loss salvage motor vehicle that was stolen and recovered with no damage;
   2. (2) Certifying that the identification numbers of the restored or recovered vehicle and its parts have not been removed, destroyed, falsified, altered, or defaced and that the salvage title document attached to the application has not been forged, falsified, altered or counterfeited; and
   3. (3) Is accompanied by an insurance company’s written statement that the vehicle been recovered undamaged.
2. (b) The title brand of salvage titles issued pursuant to this section shall read "recovered theft", and no salvage decal shall be affixed to the vehicle, after physical examination and confirmation by an authorized agent of the director.

Source. #4823, eff 6-1-90; ss by #4981, eff 11-16-90; ss by #6293, eff 7-23-96; ss by #8123, INTERIM, eff 7-17-04, EXPIRED: 1-13-05 New. #8339, eff 4-26-05; ss by #10190, eff 9-27-12, EXPIRED: 9-27-22 New. #13614, eff 4-25-23, #14236, eff 4-12-25, EXPIRES: 4-12-35