Rebuilt motor vehicles - Applications for certificate of title and registration

(a) The department is authorized to accept applications for rebuilt certificates of title that are supported by a salvage title and other evidence of reconstruction as is required, without the applicant first submitting this evidence through one (1) of the county clerks. In these instances, there shall be an additional five-dollar issuance fee charged for processing. (b) Persons applying for both a certificate of title and registration must do so through the appropriate county clerk. Acts 1987, ch. 443, § 5; T.C.A., § 55-3-134; Acts 1996, ch. 552, § 7; 2007, ch. 484, § 30. (a) The department is authorized to accept applications for rebuilt certificates of title that are supported by a salvage title and other evidence of reconstruction as is required, without the applicant first submitting this evidence through one (1) of the county clerks. In these instances, there shall be an additional five-dollar issuance fee charged for processing. (b) Persons applying for both a certificate of title and registration must do so through the appropriate county clerk. Acts 1987, ch. 443, § 5; T.C.A., § 55-3-134; Acts 1996, ch. 552, § 7; 2007, ch. 484, § 30.