Pennsylvania SB 1049: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for transfer to vehicle salvage dealer and for transfer to scrap metal processor.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1236
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1049
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FLYNN, ROTHMAN, PENNYCUICK, KEARNEY, CULVER,
COSTA, MILLER AND COLEMAN, OCTOBER 15, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 15, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests,
further providing for transfer to vehicle salvage dealer and
for transfer to scrap metal processor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1162(a) and 1163(a) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the sections
are amended by adding subsections to read:
§ 1162. Transfer to vehicle salvage dealer.
(a) General rule.--[Any] Except as provided under subsection
(d), any owner who transfers a vehicle or a salvage vehicle to a
vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in section 1337(c)(2)
(relating to use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business"
registration plates), shall assign the certificate of title or
salvage certificate to the vehicle salvage dealer. A certificate
of title or salvage certificate for a vehicle transferred to a
vehicle salvage dealer is exempt from the requirements of
notarization and verification by a corporate officer.
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(d) Title not required.--A vehicle salvage dealer may
purchase from an insurer a vehicle on which a total loss payment
has been made by an insurer without obtaining a certificate of
title or salvage certificate for the vehicle if all of the
following apply:
(1) The vehicle is purchased from an insurer by a
vehicle salvage dealer solely for the purposes of recycling
parts, dismantling or scrap.
(2) Within five business days of the transfer of the
vehicle from an insurer to a vehicle salvage dealer, the
vehicle salvage dealer submits to the department a form
provided by the department on the department's publicly
accessible Internet website that contains the following:
(i) The vehicle information, including year, make,
model and vehicle identification number.
(ii) Insurer information.
(iii) Vehicle salvage dealer information.
(iv) Anticipated method and date of final
disposition of the dismantled vehicle.
(v) An attestation by an authorized representative
of the vehicle salvage dealer that the vehicle is being
purchased solely for the purposes of recycling parts,
dismantling or scrap.
(vi) A certificate of title or salvage certificate,
if available, or a bill of sale that memorializes the
transfer of the vehicle between the insurer and the
vehicle salvage dealer.
§ 1163. Transfer to scrap metal processor.
(a) Flattened vehicles.--[When] Except as provided under
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subsection (e), when a vehicle has been flattened, crushed or
processed to the extent that it is no longer identifiable as a
vehicle, its certificate of title, certificate of salvage or
nonrepairable certificate shall be attached to a form prescribed
by the department and immediately sent to the department. The
form shall include such information as the department shall
require. A copy of the form shall be retained for record in
accordance with section 6308(d) (relating to investigation by
police officers). The vehicle scrap material shall no longer be
considered a vehicle and shall not be reconstructed, retitled or
issued a certificate of any kind.
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(e) Title not required.--A scrap metal processor may
purchase from an insurer a vehicle on which a total loss payment
has been made by an insurer without obtaining a certificate of
title or salvage certificate for the vehicle if all of the
following apply:
(1) The vehicle is purchased from an insurer by a scrap
metal processor solely for the purposes of recycling parts,
dismantling or scrap.
(2) Within five business days of the transfer of the
vehicle from an insurer to a scrap metal processor, the scrap
metal processor submits to the department a form provided by
the department on the department's publicly accessible
Internet website that contains the following:
(i) The vehicle information, including year, make,
model and vehicle identification number.
(ii) Insurer information.
(iii) Scrap metal processor information.
(iv) Anticipated method and date of final
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disposition of the dismantled vehicle.
(v) An attestation by an authorized representative
of the scrap metal processor that the vehicle is being
purchased solely for the purposes of recycling parts,
dismantling or scrap.
(vi) A certificate of title or certificate of
salvage, if available, or a bill of sale that
memorializes the transfer of the vehicle between the
insurer and the scrap metal processor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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