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Who owns the car if it is totaled?

Updated: 9/22/2023
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The insurer is legally the possessor of the car once they pay out the total claim. Insurers will then try to either sell the car to a rebuilder who will fix it up and sell it or to a re-processor who will scrap it for valuable parts and recycle the rest.

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