A title is the certificate of ownership for a car in the US. Its status is issued by the state and tells you what the insurer thinks of the car. For a buyer in Ukraine it is the first filter.
Clean title. The car was never declared a total loss. That doesn't mean “no accidents”: minor damage repaired out of pocket never reaches the title. But there is no serious insurance history.
Salvage title. The insurer decided repair would cost more than a set share of the car's value (50–100% depending on the state). Reasons vary: collision, hail, flood, recovered theft. Look at the loss type on the lot: “Front end” and “Flood” are very different risks.
Rebuilt (Reconstructed). A former Salvage car that was repaired and inspected by the state. It is legally back on the road, but the inspection doesn't guarantee repair quality.
Junk, Parts only, Certificate of Destruction, Non-repairable. The car is declared unfit for the road; it will never be registered in the US again. Such cars do appear in Ukraine — this is the highest risk.
Bill of Sale, No title. There is no document at all. Registering such a car legally is hard, and this is where most fraud happens.
In a VINzvit report the title type has its own card: green for Clean, red for Salvage and worse. Next to it — photos from that very lot, so you can see the damage yourself.
