A table of twenty-three major parts, each with a row asking where it came from, submitted to a Wisconsin salvage vehicle inspector when a repaired salvage car is put back on the road. It is the document behind a rebuilt salvage title, and if you are selling a car you repaired yourself, it is the paperwork that decided what your title says.
Written against MV2673 (9/2024), issued under s. 342.07, Wis. Stats., and Trans Rule 149.
This form belongs to a repair and inspection process rather than to a sale. It is here because a rebuilt salvage brand on a title you are selling came from one of these, and because a buyer asking where the parts came from is asking about this document.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank MV2673 from the wisconsindot.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual MV2673, rendered from the PDF the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.
Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below
The last column is the one that matters: every replaced part has to name the vehicle it came from, and every row filled in needs a bill of sale attached. Rows for parts that were not replaced stay empty. Names, part numbers and donor identification numbers invented for the sample.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Owner Legal Name
The person who repaired or assembled the vehicle, at the top left.
Watch out: If a dealer did the work, their number and name go in the boxes on the row below and this one still names the owner.
2
You fill this in
Vehicle Year, Make and Model
Three boxes across the top row, beside the owner's name.
Watch out: Describe the vehicle as it was titled before the damage, not as it looks now. The salvage title number below ties the two together.
3
You fill this in
Vehicle Identification Number
One wide box under the header block, for the vehicle being repaired.
Watch out: This is the surviving VIN, not a donor's. Donor numbers all belong in the last column of the table.
4
You fill this in
Wisconsin Salvage Title Number
The salvage certificate the vehicle is being brought back from.
Watch out: Without it there is nothing for the inspector to match the statement against, and the application will not proceed.
5
You fill this in
Vehicle for Resale - YES or NO
Two ticks that tell the inspector whether the repaired car is going straight back on the market.
Watch out: Answer it honestly. A resale answer that does not match what happens next is the sort of inconsistency salvage inspectors are trained on.
6
You fill this in
The major parts table
Twenty-three rows. For each part replaced: year, make, part number, and the identification number of the vehicle the part came from.
Watch out: Leave rows blank where nothing was replaced. The empty rows are information too, and filling them with dashes reads as a form completed without thought.
7
You fill this in
The two statements below the table
Either no major parts were changed, or the listed parts were - and the second requires a bill of sale for each one.
Watch out: The form defines what a bill of sale means here, and it includes the year and make of the vehicle the part came off. A receipt with a part number on it is not enough.
8
You fill this in
Signature and date
Signed by the owner or authorised agent, with the vehicle described again above the second signature block.
Watch out: It is submitted with the repaired salvage vehicle application to the Wisconsin Salvage Vehicle Inspector, not posted to Madison.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Owner Legal Name
The person who repaired or assembled the vehicle.
Vehicle Year / Make / Model
Three boxes across the top row beside the name.
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
A wide box under the header block.
Wisconsin Salvage Title Number
The salvage certificate the repaired vehicle is being brought back from.
Wisconsin Dealer # and Wisconsin Dealer Name
For a dealer filing it. Blank where the owner did the work.
Vehicle for Resale - YES / NO
Two ticks. It changes who the inspection is for.
The major parts table
Twenty-three named rows - engine, transmission, four doors, hood, grille, bumper or clip, two front fenders, deck lid or tailgate or hatchback, two rear quarter panels, trunk floor pan, frame portion, unibody portion, catalytic converter and five Other rows - each with year, make, part number and the VIN of the vehicle the part came from.
I have not changed any of the major parts of this vehicle
The first of two exclusive ticks below the table.
I have changed the major parts listed above
The second, and it comes with a requirement: attach a bill of sale for each part listed.
Owner / authorized agent signature and date, and a second owner signature block
Signature rules at the foot, with the vehicle described again above the second one.
What gets this one rejected
•A part listed with no bill of sale attached. The form requires one for each part listed and defines what a bill of sale has to contain.
•A blank donor VIN. The last column of the table asks for the VIN of the vehicle from which the part was obtained, and it is the whole point of the table.
•Neither of the two statements ticked. The form has to say either that nothing was changed or that the listed parts were.
•Sending it to Madison. It goes with the repaired salvage vehicle application to the Wisconsin Salvage Vehicle Inspector, which the form says at the foot.
•Guessing at a part number. Major parts are defined by s. 943.23(1)(b), and the definition includes any part not listed which has a value exceeding $500.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•Major parts are defined by a criminal statute. s. 943.23(1)(b), and the form reprints the list: engine, transmission, each door, hood, grille, each bumper, each front fender, deck lid, tailgate or hatchback, each rear quarter panel, trunk floor pan, frame or supporting structure, catalytic converter, or any part not listed which has a value exceeding $500.
•A false statement here is a felony. The related junk frame statement puts it in terms: any person who knowingly makes a false statement to WisDOT in an application for title is guilty of a Class H felony under s. 342.06(2).
•A salvage vehicle cannot be driven to the shops. WisDOT's own note on the MV1: you cannot drive a salvage vehicle until it passes a salvage inspection, except to travel to the inspection site.
•Rebuilt salvage is a brand, and it stays. A vehicle salvaged, repaired and passed on inspection carries the brand rebuilt salvage, permanently, on the record and on every future title.
•A frame from another vehicle has its own form. The MV2731, Junk Frame Statement, certifies that the frame of a junked vehicle was undamaged and is fit to repair another - and it goes to the same inspector.
