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Oregon DMV Stops Accepting WA Dismantler Documents

Oregon will no longer accept Washington dismantler bill of sale instead of vehicle title

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon DMV will reject applications submitted by mail with a dismantler’s bill of sale if they are postmarked Oct. 21 or later.

Washington does not issue salvage titles. In Washington, the legal owner of a totaled vehicle, or the insurance company, must surrender the title within 15 days of a vehicle’s destruction or settlement of its status as totaled. The vehicle may be subsequently sold with a notarized bill of sale – typically for dismantling. However, dismantlers’ bills of sale are not state-issued and are not secure documents.

Salem Reverberates as Retired Military Plane Flies Over

The Oregon Military says what took Salemites as a military event was in fact just an old plane landing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The thundering roar of a huge military plane was heard over south Salem this afternoon, rattling windows and causing not a little intrigue into what this plane was doing here.

According to the Oregon Military Department, it is a civilian aircraft, not a military one. It may be privately owned, or being retired.