Selling a dead car in Schaumburg

The overnight ban, Section 72.02

The code makes it unlawful "to park or permit to be parked a motor vehicle, trailer/camper, boat or any other recreational vehicle or trailer" in that window "on any dedicated street within the corporate limits of the village." A car that quit at the curb after dinner has only a few hours.

Two inches of snow

Section 72.04 works differently from a snow route ban. After two inches of snow, parking on a village street is unlawful only "if the vehicle blocks access to the street by snow removal vehicles." A car parked lawfully that does not block the plows is plowed around, and the owner "shall have no claim against the village" for that. One in the plows' way may draw a ticket or a tow "at owner's expense."

What about a dead car in the driveway?

The parts of Schaumburg's code we checked had no section on broken cars sitting on private land. That doesn't rule one out, so ask the village before relying on it.

Illinois law draws the outline. A municipality may adopt an ordinance treating inoperable cars "in view of the general public" as a nuisance, on public or private ground, and police may haul one away seven days after the local notice. Illinois rules cover a Schaumburg car that damage keeps from running on its own, or one that has gone seven days or longer without its engine, wheels or other parts. Routine service or repair downtime is exempt. Separately, police can remove a car abandoned in public view on someone else's private property after a wait of seven days or more.

If the village impounds it

Schaumburg's impound rules in Section 77.19 cover cars used in a violation, not broken ones. The clocks are worth knowing anyway. The village must serve notice of an administrative hearing within ten days of seizing a car. If the penalty and the towing and storage fees go unpaid for 35 days after the decision, the car "shall be deemed unclaimed" and disposed of under state law.

The buyer's side of an Illinois sale

Schaumburg sits partly in Cook County and partly in DuPage, yet neither county handles titles; Springfield's Secretary of State does. Knowing what the buyer needs helps the sale go cleanly. The Secretary of State's seller steps are:

• take your plates off
• hand over the title, signed and dated in the Assignment of Title area
• get the buyer's name and address
• make a bill of sale with the amount and the date
• mail the Notice of Sale

From there the buyer owes a $165 title fee plus the tax form and must retitle the car within 20 days. Your part is the Notice of Sale (the title stub or VSD 703), which goes to Springfield "immediately." It ends your responsibility, but ownership stays put until the buyer acts. For the bill of sale, see bill of sale.

Nearby

Roselle is 3.4 miles from Schaumburg as the crow flies, Hoffman Estates 4.0, and Rolling Meadows and Hanover Park 4.4 each. State rules are on the Illinois page.

Getting an offer

Selling a Schaumburg car? Call (877) 421-6008 or send our short offer form. If it's parked at an office park or a store lot and not at home, mention that; the truck can meet it there, provided it's off the village streets before the overnight ban.