Like the man said, you dont want that. Chances are you will never get that off the title, you will not be able to get tags in Maryland and will end up parting it out or selling it as a salvage.
This info was easy to find, this is a little info from your home state.
My vehicle was declared salvage by an insurance company after an accident, but I have decided to keep the vehicle. Does this affect my title?
Insurance companies must report ALL "owner retention" of those vehicles with greater than 75% damages that are repairable, sustained 75% or greater in cosmetic damage, or the vehicle has sustained flood damage regardless of the age of the vehicle.
Note: You will receive a letter from the MVA advising you that your title needs to be submitted to the MVA for branding and in order to continue to operate the vehicle, you must submit a Maryland Safety Inspection Certificate within 90 days of the date of the notice or the registration will be suspended. This means that you must take the vehicle to an authorized Maryland Inspection Station for an inspection and obtain a Certificate of Inspection to submit to the MVA. Failure to comply will result in the suspension of the vehicle’s registration.
Once the Maryland Safety Inspection Certificate is submitted, the MVA will issue a corrected title that reflects the new inspection date and the notation “Rebuilt Salvage”. A $50.00 corrected title fee is charged for titles corrected as a result of an "owner retention". The corrected title will be mailed to you.
This is the link ----
http://www.mva.maryland.gov/AboutMVA/INFO/27300/27300-42T.htm
They make it all sound so easy but its not. Its just about impossible. Sounds to me like Maryland is the same as Illinois. Many years ago my neighbor bought a GTO at auction with a salvage title. He worked for a body shop and the car had minor body damage and was a flood victim. He repaired the body, replaced the interior, flushed all the fluids, cleaned and re undercoated the car. It was beautiful. After almost a year of paperwork with the state police, proving proof of ownership on every part that was installed, proving that nothing installed was from another salvage, proving he had proper state license to perform the work, proving no money was owed to anyone for any part installed or labor performed to restore the car, he was denied. He had to hire an attorney and file more paper work and he re applied a few more times before he finally sold it for a big loss as a salvage vehicle.
So the lesson here is, they dont take back a salvage title. Your best bet is to make a deal with the insurance company, get some low ball bids on the repairs and get a check.
Hope this help.
Bob
