Total Loss Storage: Document the Timeline
AutoHound | Shop checklist | 2026-10-03
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[ ] Record arrival, condition, and the reason the vehicle is at the shop.
[ ] Identify the applicable state-specific storage policy and rate basis.
[ ] Keep authorization, work completion, and estimate delivery dates distinct.
[ ] Document the facts supporting the selected billing start.
[ ] Save customer notices, delivery details, replies, and contact attempts.
[ ] Record pickup arrangements, changes, reasons, and follow-up ownership.
[ ] Separate insurer coverage and payment discussions from customer authorization.
[ ] Show the rate, eligible period, cutoff, day count, and adjustments.
[ ] Record actual retrieval and reconcile the final storage calculation.
[ ] Preserve release records and track any payment follow-up separately.

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