there is, however, one possible trick to doing this, but it involves some paperwork. if, for example, you bought a bus from a junkyard in california (if the yard will sell it to you AND give you a bill of sale/receipt/salvage title ... whatever is legally necessary in that state), you could then 'move' the bus (on paper, anyway) to some other state, say, alabama (where the title laws are not so restrictive). once the bus is 'registered' as an alabama vehicle, you could then apply for an alabama title. once the alabama title is received (which would NOT have anything about 'salvage' on it), you could then 'import' it back to your home state. this seems to be a rather lucrative business for the higher priced cars like mercedes, bmw, and porsche ... lots of which are 'totalled' up in states like new jersey and pennsylvania, but show up on the used car lots of mercedes dealers ... all nicely repaired with alabama titles. but if you check with the mercedes service department (which has a computer connection to the national organization), you can find out all about that VIN, and you find out that it did NOT come from alabama. surprise! :) just a thought. joel
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