Selling a junk car in Sanger

If yours fits, we buy whole non-running and junk cars. Sell the whole car as it sits, with free pickup anywhere in the US.

Three days, then an infraction

Section 70-207 makes it "unlawful and an infraction" to abandon, park, store or leave a vehicle "in an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative condition upon any private property or public property, not including highways, within the city for a period in excess of three days." The same section goes on to list exceptions. Check the code page if the car is in a garage.

The notice and the ten-day window

After an inspection, 38-24.14 lets the city manager issue a notice and order to remove the car as a public nuisance. The notice form in 70-199 works like this:

• Sanger's letter goes out registered or certified, with one copy for the car's owner and one for the landowner.
• The landowner is told to clear the car "within ten days from the date of mailing of this notice." Otherwise the city removes it, with "the costs thereof, together with administrative costs, assessed to you."
• The landowner or the car owner has that ten-day window to request a public hearing from the Sanger city manager. If no request comes in, "the chief of police shall have the authority to abate and remove" the car.

Section 70-200 adds that a landowner's sworn written statement denying responsibility "shall be construed as a request for a hearing which does not require his presence." The hearing notice goes out at least ten days ahead.

Two more points from 38-24.14. Entry onto private land in Sanger happens only "with permission or warrant." A towed car "shall not be reconstructed or made operable", except one eligible for horseless carriage or historical vehicle plates. The city must report a removal to the DMV within five days.

On Sanger streets

Under 70-59, a city police officer may remove any vehicle "parked or left standing upon a street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours." The same section covers cars in posted no-parking zones and cars blocking street work or utility jobs.

California title, plates and smog

Fresno County has no title counter. Titles go through California's state-run DMV field offices.

• Title. You sign, and so does a lienholder if one is listed. It's then up to the buyer to turn it in with the $15 transfer fee. There is no notary step in the DMV's seller instructions.
• Release. Sanger sellers file REG 138 within 5 days, mailing the paper form or using dmv.ca.gov/nrl.
• Plates. Ordinary plates stay with the car in most cases.
• Smog. No smog check is needed if a Sanger buyer will wreck or dismantle the car.
• Expired registration. Without a Planned Non-Operation on file, the DMV collects fees and penalties for the lapsed years. See car sitting for years.

Lost the title? Start with REG 227, which costs $28.

Getting an offer

Got a Sanger car to sell? Call (877) 421-6008 or use the form. Fill out the offer form. In Sanger we pick up near the old depot, at orchard homes or at shops. In a straight line, Reedley is 9.3 miles away, Selma 9.4 and Clovis 11.1. See California for the state's rules.