Records that can help support your claim
These documents help show the repairs, the car’s history and what the insurer has said. Gather what applies to you; you do not need every item to use the free screening.
- Most useful
Final repair estimate, with every supplement
It shows what was repaired and whether panels, structural parts or safety systems were involved. A complete estimate is easier to review than a preliminary one.
Where to get it: Ask the body shop or the insurer for the final estimate and all supplements as a PDF.
- If you had an earlier accident
Repair order or bill from the earlier accident
Earlier damage may affect how an insurer views the loss from this crash. Keeping both sets of records helps explain which repairs relate to which event.
Where to get it: The shop that did the repair, or the insurance company that paid for it.
- If the insurer already answered
The insurer's letter or email about diminished value
It helps you understand what evidence or explanation the insurer says is missing.
Where to get it: Your email, or the claim page on the insurer's site or app.
- If you sold or traded the car
Buyer's order, bill of sale or trade-in appraisal sheet
The actual transaction can provide useful evidence about the car's value after repair, alongside other market information.
Where to get it: Your sale paperwork, or the dealer's deal file.
- Optional
Photos of the damage and finished repair
They can help explain the repair, but do not replace the estimate or market evidence.
Where to get it: Your phone, the body shop or the insurer's claim photos.
The free screening can read a repair-estimate PDF on your device to suggest a damage category. It does not upload or save the file. PriorWorth is not yet accepting paid cases. Start the free screening.