Selling a junk or dead car in Dania Beach

Ten days on private property

Chapter 14 makes it unlawful to keep "any junked and abandoned vehicle of any kind or parts thereof upon any private property" unless it is "completely enclosed within a building" or tied to a business licensed for it. The city commission gave its reasons in Section 14-2: such cars become "a breeding ground for rats and vermin" and "an attractive nuisance to children."

Section 14-4 sets out the notice. It tells you the car "must be removed or properly stored within ten (10) days from the date of this notice." The officer mails copies, certified with return receipt, to both the car's owner and the landowner. If the car owner or the landowner "cannot be found or determined" after "diligent search and inquiry," no written notice is required.

The bill goes to the last registered owner

Section 14-3 lays the duty on "the last registered owner of the junked and abandoned vehicle." That person must remove it, or house it out of view so it creates no health hazard. If the city has to step in after ten days, the same owner owes "the costs of disposal including the costs of removal, disposal, and administration." Sold the car but still on record? That is reason enough to report the sale to the state right away.

Section 25-67 repeats the ban for parking: no junked or abandoned vehicle may be parked, stopped or stored unless it is fully enclosed in a building or held by a licensed business.

Impounded and unclaimed

A car the police hold that nobody claims gets sold. Under Section 14-12, if the owner or a lienholder cannot be found, or has not collected it ten days after the Section 14-9 notice was mailed, the police chief auctions it "at public outcry" in the city, with the sale notice mailed at least ten days ahead. Section 14-14 lets the owner or a lienholder take it back any time before the sale, once the city's storage, advertising and other costs are repaid. Towed or impounded covers that situation.

Broward title office and Florida paperwork

For a Dania Beach seller, the nearest Broward service center on FLHSMV's list is the Plantation office (phone (954) 765-4697; Suite 101 at 1800 NW 66th Ave.). Straight-line distance: about 8 miles to the northwest.

Your signature on a Florida title is not notarized. The tag is yours to keep. Send the state your notice of sale within a month of the deal, 30 days at most; it lifts your registration off the car. Cannot find the title? A duplicate through HSMV 82101 runs $75.25, and nothing if the old one was lost in the mail and you file inside 180 days of its issue.

Request an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or reach out online with what you know: year, make, model, miles, title. Boatyard, driveway or shop lot, the truck loads it there; junk car removal explains the pickup. Nearby pages: Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and the statewide Florida page.