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Automobile appraisals in Arkansas for donations, insurance claims, estate tax, and divorce, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises classic cars, daily drivers, trucks, motorcycles, and collectible vehicles across Arkansas, including Little Rock, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT AUTO APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, ARKANSAS 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 standardsAppraiseItNow appraises cars, pickups, motorcycles, and motorhomes in Arkansas for insurance claims, charitable gifts, probate inventories, and divorce settlements. The vehicles that need an appraiser most are the ones a guide prices from a model name alone.
Insurance claims
An offer built on a national average is a starting point, not a conclusion. We document what comparable vehicles in the local Arkansas market sold for, and what this one carried that the comparables did not, so there is something specific in the file. Photographs of the damage, the repair estimate, and the service history are usually enough to build that record without the vehicle leaving the driveway.
Probate and divorce
An estate inventory needs the value on the date of death, and a divorce needs it on the date the court has settled on. Vehicles owned by a household are often valued beside its Arkansas personal property.
Charitable gifts
A donor claiming a deduction needs a written opinion of what the vehicle would have brought on the day the charity took possession of it. Converted vans, farm trucks, and older motorhomes are where guesses go wrong, because the guides stop short of the equipment bolted on.
Two kinds of Arkansas vehicle put the most distance between a guide figure and a defensible one.
Upfitted trucks
A dump bed, a service body, a lift gate, or a welding rig changes what a truck is worth and which buyers are in the market for it. Heavier fleet pieces are handled alongside our Arkansas equipment appraisals when one file holds both.
Motorhomes and campers
A coach is a vehicle and a dwelling at once. The roof, the tires, and the appliances move the figure further than the odometer does, and a water stain in the wrong place moves it further still. Coaches out of production, or built on a chassis nobody sells any more, are priced from the units that have actually resold rather than from a book line that stopped being updated.
Two Arkansas rules decide what a damaged vehicle is worth on paper: how a first party total loss settlement has to be built, and the point at which the state writes salvage onto the title.
Total loss claims
Two quotations
what an Arkansas insurer may rely on when no comparable vehicle is available in the local market area
Where the policy settles a first party total loss on actual cash value, or on replacement with a vehicle of like kind and quality, an Arkansas insurer has two routes. It may offer a specific comparable vehicle actually available to the insured, with the taxes, license fees, and transfer fees paid at no cost beyond the deductible. Or it may pay cash based on the cost of buying a comparable vehicle, taxes and fees included, priced from a comparable in the local market area, or, when none is available there, from one of two or more quotations obtained from two or more qualified dealers or appraisal services inside that area.
A settlement built any other way has to be supported by documentation of the particulars of the vehicle's condition, and every deduction, salvage included, has to be measurable and stated as a dollar amount. That is the standard an owner's own valuation is read against.
Salvage titles
70%
of average retail value: the damage at which an Arkansas vehicle becomes a salvage vehicle
A vehicle that has sustained physical damage equal to or exceeding seventy percent of its average retail value is a salvage vehicle in Arkansas, and so is one submerged to any level above the dashboard. An insurer that pays a claim without taking title has to notify the Office of Motor Vehicle, which then notes the status on any title issued afterward.
Because the test is a percentage of average retail value, the value is the whole argument: one repair estimate lands on either side of the line depending on what the vehicle was worth the day before. Motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, trucks with an unladen weight of ten thousand pounds or more, and vehicles more than seven model years old before the year of the damaging event sit outside the salvage rules entirely.
Arkansas Office of Motor Vehicle, declaration form for Ark. Code § 27-14-2301
What Arkansas clients say we are known for
Across 22 published Arkansas 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:
Against J.D. Power (NADA) benchmarks refined with real market comparables from RV Trader, completed eBay listings, and dealer data. Value depends on the exact year, make, model, and floorplan, plus options, usage, and documented maintenance, so two similar-looking coaches can appraise very differently.
Water intrusion above all. Appraisers inspect the roof, look for delamination, and evaluate electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems; water damage or mechanical faults cut value materially, while recent roof, tire, or appliance replacements support it.
Yes. Arkansas personal property is assessed annually at its value as of January 1 and must be reported to the county assessor between January 1 and May 31; late assessment draws a 10% penalty, and tax is computed on 20% of appraised value.
No. A.C.A. §26-26-1114 lets taxpayers assess personal property by mail, by telephone, through the county's website, or in person. Owners can also challenge the county's valuation with evidence of condition, mileage, and actual market value, which is where a documented appraisal earns its keep.
