Selling a non-running or junk car in Riviera Beach

Where the ten days stop counting

The limit does not reach a vehicle "in an enclosed building," or one kept in a lawful storage place or depository that the city maintains. A tarp or carport is not among the exceptions the section names.

Repairs carry their own clock. The zoning code's Section 31-579 says work happens in an enclosed building, a garage for instance, or, outside, "the repairs must be completed within seven calendar days." It also says an abandoned or junked vehicle "shall not be placed in a parking space required by this Code."

Streets: no grace period at all

Public roads get no ten days. Section 19-84 reads: "No person shall park or store an inoperable vehicle on any street or roadway in the city." Section 11-93 repeats it for any "partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked or junked vehicle."

What follows turns on where the car sits:

• Public property. It is "deemed abandoned property" and handled under s. 705.103 of state law, which means a posted notice, five days, then removal.
• Private property. It goes through the motor vehicle rules in chapter 11 of the city code, or through code compliance.
• Scrap value only. Section 11-97 makes junked cars "having no market value other than for salvage or parts or as scrap metal" left on a street, park or public place a public nuisance that code officers may "summarily abate" by removing them.

Section 19-111 adds towing from marked tow-away zones and from streets where a disabled car blocks traffic. Impounded cars go to a city lot or one kept by the towing contractor, under Section 19-112.

Florida paperwork for a Riviera Beach car

One Palm Beach County title office: 301 North Olive Avenue (3rd Floor), downtown West Palm Beach, telephone (561) 355-2264. It is about 5 miles to the south, a crow-flies figure, not a driving one.

No notary witnesses a Florida seller's signature. A missing title leaves two routes. A replacement costs $75.25 through form HSMV 82101. The other path suits an old beater: model year a decade back or more (that year counts as one) and value under $1,000. File the derelict certificate, HSMV 82137, with the local tax collector's office, and the buyer must be a licensed salvage outfit or a registered metals recycler. It never gets a title again after that. Selling with no title has more.

The plate comes off and stays yours. Florida also expects the seller's notice of sale within a month, 30 days by statute.

How to get an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or reach us online. Helpful details: model year, make, model, mileage, whether the engine turns over, title status. Garage, side yard or shop lot, the truck goes to it. Nearby: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter. Crash damage? See wrecked or totaled.