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[CITE: 49USC30501]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
      CHAPTER 305--NATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE TITLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
 
Sec. 30501. Definitions

    In this chapter--
        (1) ``automobile'' has the same meaning given that term in 
    section 32901(a) of this title.
        (2) ``certificate of title'' means a document issued by a State 
    showing ownership of an automobile.
        (3) ``insurance carrier'' means an individual or entity engaged 
    in the business of underwriting automobile insurance.
        (4) ``junk automobile'' means an automobile that--
            (A) is incapable of operating on public streets, roads, and 
        highways; and
            (B) has no value except as a source of parts or scrap.

        (5) ``junk yard'' means an individual or entity engaged in the 
    business of acquiring or owning junk automobiles for--
            (A) resale in their entirety or as spare parts; or
            (B) rebuilding, restoration, or crushing.

        (6) ``operator'' means the individual or entity authorized or 
    designated as the operator of the National Motor Vehicle Title 
    Information System under section 30502(b) of this title, or the 
    Attorney General, if there is no authorized or designated individual 
    or entity.
        (7) ``salvage automobile'' means an automobile that is damaged 
    by collision, fire, flood, accident, trespass, or other event, to 
    the extent that its fair salvage value plus the cost of repairing 
    the automobile for legal operation on public streets, roads, and 
    highways would be more than the fair market value of the automobile 
    immediately before the event that caused the damage.
        (8) ``salvage yard'' means an individual or entity engaged in 
    the business of acquiring or owning salvage automobiles for--
            (A) resale in their entirety or as spare parts; or
            (B) rebuilding, restoration, or crushing.

        (9) ``State'' means a State of the United States or the District 
    of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 979; Pub. L. 104-
152, Secs. 2(c), 3(a), July 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1384; Pub. L. 105-102, 
Sec. 3(b), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2215.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30501.................................  15:2041.                         Oct. 2
5, 1992, Pub. L. 102-519, Sec.
                                                                          201, 
106 Stat. 3389.
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    In subsection (a)(2), the word ``showing'' is substituted for 
``evidencing'' to use a more commonly understood term.
    In subsection (a)(3), (5), and (8), the words ``individual or 
entity'' are substituted for ``individual, corporation, or other 
entity'' for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other 
titles of the United States Code.
    In subsection (a)(4) and (7), the words ``public streets, roads, and 
highways'' are substituted for ``roads or highways'' for clarity and 
consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (a)(6), the words ``National Automobile Title 
Information System'' are substituted for ``information system'' for 
clarity. The words ``no authorized or designated individual or entity'' 
are substituted for ``no such individual or entity is authorized'' for 
clarity
    In subsection (a)(7), the word ``event'' is substituted for 
``occurrence'' for clarity and consistency.
    The text of 15:2041(9) is omitted because the complete title of the 
Secretary of Transportation is used the first time the term appears in a 
section.


                               Amendments

    1997--Par. (6). Pub. L. 105-102 amended directory language of Pub. 
L. 104-152, Sec. 2(c). See 1996 Amendment note below.
    1996--Par. (6). Pub. L. 104-152, Sec. 3(a), substituted ``Attorney 
General'' for ``Secretary of Transportation''.
    Pub. L. 104-152, Sec. 2(c), as amended by Pub. L. 105-102, 
Sec. 3(b), substituted ``National Motor Vehicle Title Information 
System'' for ``National Automobile Title Information System''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-102, Sec. 3(b), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2215, provided 
that the amendment made by section 3(b) is effective July 2, 1996.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-102 effective as if included in the 
provisions of the Act to which the amendment relates, see section 3(f) 
of Pub. L. 105-102, set out as a note under section 106 of this title.
