What a revived salvage title actually is
A revived salvage (California) or rebuilt (Texas and many states) title is issued after a totaled car is repaired and inspected. The history stays branded. It is not a clean title and not a bonded title.
Is a revived salvage title a clean title? No. People also treat it like a bonded title or a duplicate of a known good sheet. Those are different papers.
Salvage brands a total-loss or unrepaired wreck. A revived salvage — California’s word — or a rebuilt title in Texas and many other states is what you get after the car is repaired, inspected, and titled again. The history stays branded. It is not a clean title.
California uses REG 343, Application for Title or Registration, in that path, including reregister after the car was junked or salvaged. Texas uses VTR-61, Rebuilt Vehicle Statement, with the rebuilt process. A bonded title is for missing evidence. A duplicate replaces a lost known-good sheet. Neither of those is this stamp.
