Does Juneau have its own junk-car ordinance?

Our search did not turn up a Juneau junk-vehicle section online. State law lets a municipality adopt nuisance rules for wrecked or inoperative vehicles, with notice and a hearing, so a local ordinance may exist.

Can I send my Alaska title paperwork by mail from Juneau?

Yes. Address it to the Alaska DMV, Attn: CORRESPONDENCE, at its Anchorage headquarters on Ingra Street (Suite 101, ZIP 99503). A duplicate title can also be requested by mail.

Is a bill of sale worth writing when I sell in Juneau?

The DMV recommends one even though it does not transfer ownership. List the VIN, a description, both names and the date, and have both people sign. It helps if tickets show up later.

Town guide · Alaska

Selling a junk or dead car in Juneau

Juneau's city and borough spreads across 2,702.924 square miles of land. We searched its code online and found no junk-car ordinance, so what follows is Alaska law; local rules could add more. If you have a dead car somewhere in all that space, we buy whole non-running and junk cars. You sell the whole car as it sits, and pickup is free anywhere in the US, Juneau included.

Updated October 11, 2026 · 10 sources

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Juneau, the short version

Population: 31,609 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025)
Borough: City and Borough of Juneau
Land area: 2,702.924 square miles
Local junk-car code: Not found online; state law used
Junk car on someone else's land: Abandoned after 24 hours
Sale notice to DMV: Within 10 days
Plates: Standard plates stay on the car

What Alaska calls a junk vehicle

Under AS 28.11.020(c), a junk vehicle is unregistered and also one of these: stripped, wrecked or inoperable; not repaired because repairs cost more than its fair market value; or showing more than one of broken glass, missing wheels or tires, missing body panels and missing drive-train parts.

State law does not forbid keeping your own junk car on your own land. It does let a municipality treat wrecked or inoperative vehicles as a nuisance under AS 28.11.100, after notice and a hearing. Ask the city before assuming a parked car is fine.

When a car counts as abandoned

The state clocks depend on where the car sits and whether anyone agreed to it:

24 hours for a wrecked or junk vehicle anywhere without consent.
48 hours within 10 feet of a highway.
30 days on other public property.

Once a car is stored, the storer has 30 days to notify the owner. If nobody reclaims it within 15 days of that notice, title passes to the state or the municipality. If a stranger's car was left on your land, see car abandoned on your property.

Title work from Juneau

Juneau sellers deal with the state DMV, since boroughs do not issue titles. Paperwork by mail is addressed to Attn: CORRESPONDENCE at the DMV's Anchorage headquarters, 4001 Ingra St., Ste. 101. That office is in Anchorage, not Juneau.

On the title, sign in the marked places and fill the assignment completely. A notary is missing from the DMV's list of seller steps. With a lost title, start by replacing it with Form 809, notarized, and $15. After the sale, the buyer must get the car titled under their own name within 30 days. A bill of sale is optional but recommended.

Plates and the sale notice

Leave standard plates on the car. Take personalized or specialty plates with you. The DMV must hear about the sale within 10 days. Send the notice strip from the foot of the title, or file it online. Failing to do so is a class B misdemeanor under state law.

Getting an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or send the form with the model year, mileage, and what title you have. Pickup comes to wherever the car is sitting in the borough. Anchorage is 558.4 miles off in a straight line, Fairbanks 626.4 miles; both towns have pages too. The Alaska page carries the statewide rules.

Questions people ask

Does Juneau have its own junk-car ordinance?: Our search did not turn up a Juneau junk-vehicle section online. State law lets a municipality adopt nuisance rules for wrecked or inoperative vehicles, with notice and a hearing, so a local ordinance may exist.
Can I send my Alaska title paperwork by mail from Juneau?: Yes. Address it to the Alaska DMV, Attn: CORRESPONDENCE, at its Anchorage headquarters on Ingra Street (Suite 101, ZIP 99503). A duplicate title can also be requested by mail.
Is a bill of sale worth writing when I sell in Juneau?: The DMV recommends one even though it does not transfer ownership. List the VIN, a description, both names and the date, and have both people sign. It helps if tickets show up later.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these. Checked October 11, 2026.

Alaska Statutes 28.11.020 (junk vehicle defined; abandonment time limits) akleg.gov
Alaska Statutes 28.11.100 (municipal nuisance ordinances) akleg.gov
Alaska Statutes 28.11.050 (notice and vesting) akleg.gov
Alaska Statutes 28.11.025 (landowner claim) akleg.gov
Alaska Statutes 28.10.271 (plates and the 10-day sale notice) akleg.gov
Alaska DMV: Selling a vehicle in Alaska dmv.alaska.gov
Alaska DMV: Duplicate vehicle title (mailing address) dmv.alaska.gov
Alaska DMV: New vehicle (buyer's 30 days) dmv.alaska.gov
U.S. Census Bureau: City and town population estimates, 2020-2025 www2.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer, places www2.census.gov