(a) Location. Applications for certified copies of ownership documents for non-repairable or salvage motor vehicles will only be processed at the department's Austin headquarters office.
(b) Notation. The certified copy will contain the words "Certified Copy" and the date issued, and the motor vehicle record will be noted accordingly until ownership of the non-repairable or salvage motor vehicle is transferred. Then the notation will be eliminated from the new certificate of title and from the motor vehicle record.
(c) Replacement of non-repairable or salvage vehicle titles. If a non-repairable or salvage vehicle title is lost or destroyed, the department will issue a certified copy of the ownership document type originally issued, except as provided by subsection (d)(2) of this section, to the motor vehicle owner, lienholder, or verifiable agent on submission of verifiable proof and payment of the appropriate fee as provided in §217.7 of this title (relating to Replacement of Title).
(d) Replacement of non-repairable or salvage ownership documents issued prior to September 1, 2003.
  (1) If a salvage certificate of title issued by this state prior to September 1, 2003, is lost or destroyed, the department will issue a certified copy of a salvage vehicle title, to the motor vehicle owner, lienholder, or verifiable agent on proper application, submission of verifiable proof, and payment of the appropriate fee as provided in §217.7.
  (2) If a non-repairable certificate of title or salvage certificate issued by this state prior to September 1, 2003, is lost or destroyed, the department will issue a salvage vehicle title to the motor vehicle owner, lienholder, or verifiable agent on proper application, submission of verifiable proof, and payment of the appropriate fee as provided in §217.7.

Source Note: The provisions of this §217.85 adopted to be effective March 12, 2015, 40 TexReg 1096