Selling a dead or junk car in Coral Springs

The city's definition and the storage rule

Chapter 16½ of the city code covers abandoned property. Section 16½-2 calls a car inoperative when it is "wrecked or partially dismantled," is kept without all the wheels mounted or without its tires inflated, or is in a condition of "substantial disrepair."

Section 16½-8 then says where such a car may sit on private land. Two places count. One is a building closed on every side. The other is a designated storage area where a wall or a hedge blocks the view. A driveway, a side yard or a car cover is neither.

What the notice sets in motion

When an enforcement officer posts a notice, the owner has five days. Past that, Section 16½-8 lets the officer send the car to be destroyed, with its salvage value, if any, credited to the city's cost. For a car on private land, the city notifies the property owner and charges that owner for removal and cleanup. That is why the landlord checklist matters.

Two more lines from Section 16½-8. Shifting a car from a yard onto public land after the notice is posted is unlawful. And if a car taken from public land is later claimed, the city charges "the maximum fee allowed by law" as an administrative fee.

Plaza lots and highway shoulders

Section 18-15 allows parking in business-district lots for customers, tenants and employees as "intermittent parking," which it defines as less than 24 hours in the same lot. A car that died in a shopping center lot and stayed for days is outside that.

On a limited access highway, Section 18-10 lets a car disabled by mechanical failure or an accident sit on the shoulder for no more than six hours. Coral Springs police ticket cars parked against that section.

A car with no title

Sellers who misplaced a paper title need a duplicate for an ordinary sale. Florida keeps a narrower door open for scrap cars without paperwork. The car must be ten or more model years old, with its model year counted as year one, and its value must sit below $1,000. If the car meets both tests, the HSMV 82137 derelict certificate permits selling it to a licensed salvage outfit or a registered scrap metal recycler. That car is finished for good: it can never carry a title again. The form is filed with the local tax collector office. More on this in selling with no title.

The service center and your plate

One FLHSMV counter is on NW 66th Ave. in Plantation, number 1800, Suite 101. Central Coral Springs is about 9 miles north of it as the crow flies. Call (954) 765-4697 before you go.

The tag is the seller's property in Florida. Keep it for a replacement vehicle, A service center needs it back only when you move out of Florida or cancel its insurance. And by day 30 after the sale, the HSMV 82050 filing takes the car off your registration.

Neighbors within a few miles

Margate is 3.4 miles away, Parkland 3.5, and Tamarac and Coconut Creek 4.7 each. Statewide details are on the Florida page.

Asking for an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or ask online. Share the model year, the make, the model, roughly what the odometer shows, if it still cranks, and if a title exists. A car parked for ages has its own page: sitting for years.