Selling a junked car in Brunswick

If the car is not worth fixing, we buy whole non-running and junk cars in Brunswick and around Glynn County. You sell the whole car as it sits, and pickup is free anywhere in the US.

How Section 14-12 defines a junked car

The section's title runs through every word for a dead car: discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, inoperable or junked. In practice the test is a vehicle or parts that are "no longer operative as a motorized vehicle and/or has no current license tag, no current state certificate of registration, or no current city certificate of restoration permit," or one missing a critical part.

That last item is worth noticing. The code mentions a city certificate of restoration permit, so a car under restoration may be treated differently if it has one. Ask the city before you rely on it.

A car can also become junked by notice alone. The code says a vehicle "may be deemed" junked when the city sends notice to the owner of record by certified or registered mail, or by hand, and the owner doesn't remove it within the period given.

Three things the code bars

1. Leaving it on the wrong land. You can't leave a junked car on a street, other city property, or any property you don't own, lease or legally occupy.
2. Keeping it past the deadline. The 15-business-day limit above applies even on your own lot. The code describes "open storage" as a car not inside a building, garage or similar enclosure, or "not covered by a tarpaulin (tarp) or other similar large cloth like/plastic material" that hides it from view.
3. Moving it next door. After notice, it is unlawful "to move such vehicle or parts to any other private property." Shifting the car to a relative's yard doesn't reset anything.

On city-owned or city-leased property, the city manager may have a junked car removed and disposed of without further approval when it is a health hazard.

On the street: 72 hours

Section 14-77 reads: "Any vehicle that shall remain parked continuously in the same location on any street in the city for the period of 72 hours or more shall be presumed to be abandoned and may be impounded by the police department."

Section 13-569 adds that no vehicle may leave the scene of a wreck, abandonment or breakdown until officers release it, and police can order it towed to the city's impound lot.

Georgia's rules then take over for the Glynn towing yard. Within 15 calendar days it has to send each owner a letter by certified mail or by hand. After ten more calendar days, the Brunswick yard can go to court to foreclose its lien. An untraceable owner gets a newspaper notice instead, placed within 60 days and repeated the following week. Our towed or impounded guide covers what comes next.

The Glynn County tag office

We checked Glynn County's tag office at 1725 Reynolds St., phone (912) 554-7000. It sits roughly 2 miles northwest of downtown Brunswick as the crow flies, and Glynn may have other locations.

Selling a Georgia-titled car from Brunswick starts on the reverse of the title. Every owner writes a printed name and a signature where it says Seller. Put the miles in with no tenths. Skip corrections; an altered title can be void. Next, end the Glynn registration through DRIVES e-Services or by handing in Form MV-18J at the Reynolds Street office. Do this before you stop the insurance. The plate goes home with you. Keep a copy of the title and any bill of sale.

Glynn will replace a lost title on Form MV-1 for $8.00. Brunswick owners of a 1985 or older model don't need a title at all; a bill of sale carries the sale. Once a car reaches 12 model years, a salvage dealer, metals recycler or scrap processor may take it on an owner's affidavit and report it electronically.

If the car took on water, Georgia brands its title "Flood Damaged." See our flood damage page before you list a car like that. No emissions test applies in Glynn, which sits far outside the 13 metro Atlanta counties Georgia tests.

Towns down the coast and inland

St. Marys is 27.0 miles away as the crow flies, Kingsland 27.7, Hinesville 48.2, Richmond Hill 53.6 and Savannah 62.6. Statewide rules are on the Georgia page.

Getting an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or send the form about your Brunswick car. A truck can haul it from under a tarp in a Brunswick yard, from the street, or from the impound lot once police release it.