Cities and towns
Find your state and town
Pick your state. Each state page explains who handles titles there, what to do with your plates, and whether you must report the sale. Its towns each get their own page with the local rules.
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Every state
What a town page tells you
A dead car in a driveway is a local matter as much as a state one. Each town page covers:
- Which office handles the title for that town
- Whether you keep the plates or leave them on the car
- What the town's code says about a car that doesn't run, and how long it can sit
- What happens if the town or a landlord has it towed
- The towns next door, for when the car is parked in one and you live in another
Which towns are on the list
The list comes from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 population estimates. It holds the cities and towns of 20,000 people or more that sit in a metropolitan or micropolitan area. It also holds the first-named city of each metro area, even a smaller one, and New England towns of 20,000 or more. A metro area is built around an urban core of at least 50,000 people, and a micro area around one of at least 10,000.
Your town missing? The state page covers it, and pickup is free anywhere in the US.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from one of these. Checked October 10, 2026.