dismantling or destruction of the vehicle until five business
days after the submission of the form specified under
paragraph (2).
ยง 1163. Transfer to scrap metal processor.
(a) Flattened vehicles.--[When] Except as provided under
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.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, 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, as
specified and provided by the department and posted on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website, that
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