In California, a "salvage" title is quite often used by charities when they
sell vehicles.  By selling the vehicle with a salvage title, the charity
avoids any liabilities associated with emissions and safety.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of David Brodbeck
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 8:33 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Going south again, to buy a Westy, i need info on US/state
law.

"Clear" means there are no liens (i.e., no one else owns an interest in
the van, such as a bank with a loan on it) and usually also means it's not
a "salvage" title.  A salvage title means that at some point the vehicle
was damaged badly enough that the insurance company wrote it off as a
total loss.