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Automobile appraisals in North Carolina for donations, insurance claims, estate tax, and divorce, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises classic cars, collectible vehicles, daily drivers, commercial vehicles, and motorcycles across North Carolina, including Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT AUTO APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, NORTH CAROLINA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Machinery & Equipment Appraiser
Third-generation auctioneer and CAGA Certified Appraiser with more than 20 years valuing machinery, equipment, vehicles, business assets, and estates for banks, attorneys, and trustees across the Carolinas.
Vehicle Appraiser
CAGA Certified Appraiser since 2014, covering vehicles, boats, equipment, fine art, and collectibles. A classic-car restoration background informs her vehicle work, with reports prepared for insurance, divorce, and charitable contributions.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
Certified Appraisers Guild of AmericaCertified Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAn estate, an insurance policy, and a refinance, each cut down to a single line. Owners' names and the values we reached stay in our files.
Estate distribution
Fair market value for the personal representative, measured against recent sales of Regals like it.
Insurance coverage
Replacement cost for the owner's insurer, with the conversion counted along with the van itself.
Motorhome refinance
Fair market value for the lender, with the remodel, new tires, and reconditioned furniture the owner reported weighed against comparable coaches.
AppraiseItNow appraises cars, pickups, motorhomes, camper vans, and trailers in North Carolina for estate inventories, equitable distribution in a divorce, insurance coverage, charitable donations, and refinancing. Owners and executors send photographs, the title, and any build or service records, and we value the vehicle from those and from sales of comparable vehicles.
Estates and probate
An administrator can have a car, a truck, and a trailer to account for at once. We value each at fair market value in a single report, as of the date of death or the date the heirs divide the property, whichever the estate needs.
Coverage values
A pricing guide describes a vehicle as the factory built it, which leaves out a camper conversion, a restoration, or aftermarket equipment. We describe what was added and value the whole vehicle at what it would cost to replace, a figure an owner and an insurer can set coverage by.
Loans and refinancing
A lender refinancing a motorhome or lending against a truck needs fair market value, not the asking prices on dealer lots. We record the condition, recent work, and equipment that separate the vehicle from a guide average.
Collector cars
A car an individual keeps on a historic vehicle plate, mainly for shows, club events, and parades, is assessed in North Carolina at its true value or $500, whichever is lower. That cap stops at the tax bill: an estate, a divorce, or an insurer still needs what the car would sell for, which we set from auction and private sale results for comparable cars.
One decides when a seller has to disclose a repair, the other when the title itself is branded, and both are measured against what the vehicle was worth when it was damaged.
Resale disclosure
25%
of fair market retail value in repairs, the point where a seller must disclose them in writing
A North Carolina seller who knows a vehicle up to and including five model years old was damaged badly enough that repairs cost more than 25 percent of its fair market retail value at the time, not counting air bag replacement, must tell the buyer in writing before the transfer. The model year counts as the first of the five and the current calendar year as the last, and a failure to disclose is a misdemeanor that also carries civil liability. Because every later seller who knows of the repair owes the same disclosure, the repair history belongs in the value of a late model vehicle.
Salvage titles
75%
of the vehicle's value at the time of the damage, the repair cost that brands its title
North Carolina brands a damaged vehicle's title as salvage when repairs, parts and labor included, cost more than 75 percent of its fair market value at the time of the damage; for a vehicle more than six model years old, replacing the air bags is left out of that cost. An insurer's total loss adds a TOTAL LOSS CLAIM mark, and once a title is branded, every later title carries the brand. It stays with the vehicle for good, and any later appraisal of that vehicle has to weigh it.
What North Carolina clients say we are known for
Across 22 published North Carolina appraisal reviews, every one from a client who paid AppraiseItNow for an appraisal, the three things they raise most often are how quickly we answer, how much research is visible in the report, and that they would hire us again.
My daughter had purchased a very collectible 2003 Mustang Cobra terminator just 3 months before her accident with 50,000 miles on it, for 30,000 dollars. We were experiencing some very heavy rains and she hydroplaned and smashed into a guard rail and totaled her car. The insurance company offered her $18,000, but we told them that was an insult to this car. We kept going round and round with them but they were not budging. Finally we googled an independent appraiser and found AppraiseItNow! Their appraised value was 26,462. They negotiated with the insurance for us and we ended up with 25,900. They were awesome and helped us get much closer to the appropriate value of the Cobra. Absolutely worth the price we paid. Highly recommended!
Car Appraisal for Insurance Claim
My wife and I purchased a property that included a double-wide mobile home, which we decided to donate to a local charitable organization that provides housing for low-income families. This type of donation required a formal appraisal to qualify for an IRS tax deduction, so we reached out to Appraise It Now. From the start, they were able to clearly answer all of our questions about both the appraisal process and the tax deduction requirements. We provided photos and additional details, and within 10 days we received a thorough, well-prepared report that included all the necessary IRS forms. I’m giving Appraise It Now a five-star review because communication was excellent throughout the entire process. Everyone I spoke with was helpful, friendly, and professional, and emails were always answered quickly. We were completely satisfied with the experience. Thank you!
Mobile Home Appraisal for Charitable Donation
These guys were phenomenal. Joe was very responsive and gave clear instructions on how to submit my information for the appraisal, which he completed in a very quick timeframe. The appraisal itself was extremely detailed and included a thorough explanation of how they arrived at the value. It came with extensive documentation, and it’s clear they did a significant amount of research. They were also very responsive through text and email and always available to answer any questions. I had them appraise my fifth-wheel RV for resale, and I highly recommend their services. I will definitely use them again.
Recreational Vehicle Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
They appraised an older trailer for me that required a bonded title. They were great with communication and it only took about 2 weeks to get a very nice detailed appraisal report, which finding comps for older trailers is not straight forward. Highly recommend!
Trailer Appraisal for Title Bond
Friendly, speedy service with fair value.
Auto Appraisal for Probate
We were amazed at their professionalism in working with us and the quality of the final appraisal report. And all for thousands less than other appraisers.
Tractor Appraisal for Charitable Donation
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
The DMV's own Value Schedule. The surety bond must be one and one-half times the vehicle's value as the schedule lists it, and at least $100. For a vehicle the schedule does not list, NCDMV's bonded title instructions (Form MVR-92A) call for two appraisals from North Carolina dealers on dealer letterhead, and the bond is written at one and one-half times the higher of the two.
Coverage and granularity. Kelley Blue Book works for many light-duty pickups but thins out for heavy commercial trucks, where professionals rely on the NADA Commercial Truck guide, Truck Paper comparables, and auction results. The right data source depends on the truck's class, and using the wrong one can move the value materially.
Yes, if you can prove it. Documented rebuilds, transmission and emissions system replacements, and upfits support adjustments above baseline guide values, while undocumented work earns nothing. We review the VIN, mileage, spec sheet, and full service file for every North Carolina truck engagement before concluding value.
No. G.S. 105-275(16) excludes non-business property from taxation but expressly carves motor vehicles out of that exclusion, so a truck stays taxable even when used purely personally. For a registered vehicle, G.S. 105-330.2 sets the value as of January 1 of the current year when the registration renews between January and August, or of the next year when it renews between September and December, and the owner has 30 days from the date the tax is due to appeal it.
Yes. G.S. 105-317.1(a) requires appraisers to weigh the effect of obsolescence and the property's economic utility, which matters for vocational trucks with outdated bodies, superseded emissions configurations, or fading demand for their use. Those factors can support values well below what a standard cost-and-age depreciation schedule would produce.
