Selling a junk or broken car in Orland Park

When a car becomes inoperable here

The village borrows the state's wording and sets its own clock. A car counts as an inoperable motor vehicle when, "for a period of at least seven (7) days, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed," or when damage keeps it from being driven on its own power.

Two limits keep the rule from catching ordinary life:

• Repairs. A car "rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own motor power for three (3) consecutive days in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations" is not inoperable.
• Exemptions. The paragraph does not reach a car stored indoors when not in use, an operable historic vehicle over 25 years old, or a car at a wrecking or junk business.

The notice, the paper and the hearing

The notice goes to the owner, lessee, occupant or whoever controls the property where the car sits. It can also run as a general notice "printed in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village of Orland Park," in which case the ten days follow publication. To fight it, the code lets you request a tow hearing at the Police Department before the tow happens.

Older limits: 30 days, 48 hours, the street

Section 9-11-5 says no one in control of private property shall let a "dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicle" stay there longer than thirty (30) days, or on village property longer than forty eight (48) hours. Orland Park's Section 9-11-3 forbids any nonoperating or wrecked vehicle left on a village street or highway, for any length of time. And if the plan was to park the car on a trailer out front, Section 9-7-1 keeps vehicles with trailers attached, or longer than 22 feet, off streets and alleys.

If the car was impounded

Section 6-10-7 says no one may take an impounded car until the administrative fee and the tow company's towing and storage costs are paid. If they go unpaid for thirty (30) days after the deadlines in the section, the car "shall be deemed unclaimed" and disposed of as state law provides. The Chief of Police approves the towing and storage rates.

Title and plates in Illinois

Orland Park sits in both Cook and Will counties, and the county line changes nothing about the title. In Illinois, the Secretary of State issues titles. As the seller you complete the Assignment of Title on the certificate at delivery; the state's seller steps list no notary, and there is no separate transfer form for you. Remove your plates before the buyer leaves. Write a bill of sale with the date and price, note the buyer's name and address, and mail the Notice of Sale to Springfield immediately. An Orland Park buyer then has 20 days to retitle it. Both counties are inside the state's emissions testing area.

Nearby

Tinley Park is 3.9 miles away in a straight line, Homer Glen 4.8 and Oak Forest 5.5. The Illinois page covers the whole state.

Getting an offer

Reach us online or at (877) 421-6008. Selling a car in Orland Park? The quick offer form is the first step. If a tow date is on the notice, say so. Pickup works from your driveway, your garage, or the shop that has it.