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Town guide · Arkansas

Selling a car that won't run in Centerton

Even parked behind a Centerton house, a dead car keeps generating state and county costs. Arkansas won't renew a registration until the county assessor has valued the car and every dollar of personal property tax is paid, moving or not. Lateness adds $3.00 per 10 days. If bringing it current isn't worth it, we buy whole non-running and junk cars. You sell the whole car as it sits, and pickup is free anywhere in the US.

Updated · 9 sources

Centerton City Hall, a one-story building with a brick name sign, a flagpole and a green awning over the door, beside an empty parking lot on a gray day
Photo: Brandonrush · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Centerton, the short version

Population
27,176 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025)
County
Benton
City junk-car code
Not found online
Late registration penalty
$3.00 per 10 days, capped at a year's fee
Car not driven in Arkansas
Affidavit of non-use, form 10-300
Bonded title review
10-25 business days
Inspection
None in Arkansas

Centerton code: none located

No Centerton junk-car ordinance surfaced in our online search. Arkansas has no state rule we could find for private property. Each city sets its own nuisance rules, and Centerton may have ones we were not able to see. If the car will be parked a while, check with the city. Statewide, Ark. Code 27-50-1202 labels an unattended vehicle abandoned after 30 days absent any sign of an owner returning.

The bill for a parked car

  • Benton County tax. An assessor values it; a collector takes personal property tax. Renewal verifies both.
  • Late fee. In Centerton, DFA adds $3.00 per 10 days late, capped at one year's registration fee.
  • Not driven here? Skip that penalty by filing affidavit 10-300, the non-use form, if the car stayed off Arkansas roads.

Arkansas runs no emissions or safety inspection, so a failed test never strands a Centerton car. Car property tax explains the county piece.

No title: two ways back

Missing the title?

Replacement. DFA's Application for Title or Replacement Title, signed by whoever last held the title, goes to a State Revenue Office. Fee: $10.00. Expect three weeks minimum. If a lender's lien still shows, that lender signs form 10-315 and receives the title.

Bonded. With no title and no other option, file Form 10-345, DFA's bonded-title statement of facts. Centerton owners include a bill of sale, plus a VIN inspection by Arkansas State Police or a certified police officer. DFA's review takes 10-25 business days. Steps: bonded title.

Closing a Centerton sale

Hand over the signed title and complete Form 10-313 with your buyer, price and miles included. Nothing in DFA's seller steps calls for a notary. Keep the plate; a $1.00 transfer through MyDMV or a revenue office puts it on your next car.

Towns near Centerton

Straight-line: Bentonville 3.7 miles, Bella Vista 7.9, Rogers 8.5, Springdale 13.8. Arkansas rules in one place: Arkansas.

Getting an offer

Dial (877) 421-6008 or submit our form: model year, make, model, odometer, how many months or years it's been parked, and whether its title is yours, lost, or with a lender. Pickup comes to wherever in Centerton it's been parked.

Questions people ask

Has Centerton published a junk-car ordinance online?
Not one we could find. Arkansas leaves private-property junk cars to each city, so Centerton may still have rules. Ask the city before a car sits long.
Is late registration owed on a Centerton car that never moved?
Each 10 days late costs $3.00 with DFA, but never more than one year's registration fee. You skip it if the car was not driven on Arkansas roads and you file affidavit of non-use 10-300.
No title and no replacement possible: what then?
Arkansas offers a bonded title. Centerton owners mail in Form 10-345 together with a bill of sale and proof that the State Police or a certified officer inspected the VIN. DFA takes 10-25 business days to review it.

Sources

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

  1. Arkansas towing and storage law, Ark. Code Title 27 (Department of Labor and Licensing) labor.arkansas.gov
  2. DFA vehicle tag renewal (late penalty, county tax, affidavit of non-use) dfa.arkansas.gov
  3. DFA FAQs for DSMV (inspection) dfa.arkansas.gov
  4. DFA replacement titles dfa.arkansas.gov
  5. DFA Statement of Facts for Issuance of a Bonded Title (Form 10-345) dfa.arkansas.gov
  6. DFA Form 10-313, Vehicle Bill of Sale/Odometer Disclosure Statement dfa.arkansas.gov
  7. DFA fee schedule (tag transfer fee) dfa.arkansas.gov
  8. DFA MyDMV dfa.arkansas.gov
  9. U.S. Census Bureau city population estimates, 2020-2025 www2.census.gov