Current through September 2, 2024
Section 39.02.05.300 - TITLE BRANDING01.Brand Disclosure.a. Upon sale by a dealer of any salvage or total loss vehicle or branded vehicle or branded certificate of title, disclosure of the vehicle's salvage or branded status, will be conspicuously disclosed to the buyer and a record will be maintained by the dealer. Disclosure may be made on a form as provided by the Department for a report of sale. The buyer will sign that they have received disclosure of the vehicle brand. Proof of disclosure will be submitted to the Department.b. Upon sale by a private party of any salvage or total loss vehicle or branded vehicle or vehicle with a branded certificate of title, disclosure of the vehicle's salvage or branded status, will be conspicuously disclosed to the buyer.02.Branding Time Frame. Each branded vehicle and branded certificate of title will retain that brand throughout the existence of the vehicle regardless of its age or value unless the brand has an expiration date.03.Brands Removed. a. If any salvage vehicle leaves the state of Idaho with or without an Idaho salvage certificate of title and such vehicle returns to Idaho, it will once again be subject to the requirements under Idaho Code and this rule.b. If a vehicle with a branded Idaho title leaves Idaho and then returns with a title or other ownership document issued by another jurisdiction that has either no brand or a different brand for the same incident that caused the brand on the Idaho title. i. If the brand on the Idaho title originated in Idaho, the Idaho brand will be reinstated. This will occur even if the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) returns a different brand for the same incident.ii. If the brand on the Idaho title originated in another state, the Idaho title will be issued with any brand retrieved from NMVTIS if for the same incident that caused the brand on the original Idaho title. If no brand is retrieved from NMVTIS for this incident, the brand on the previous Idaho title will be reinstated.Idaho Admin. Code r. 39.02.05.300