Selling an old or dead car in Chaska

The long-parked car, step by step

Section 168A.1501 asks for three things on the old-and-unregistered route:

• printed DVS documentation that the car has not been registered for more than seven years
• proof of your identity
• a statement you sign under penalty of perjury saying the Chaska car is not stolen and has no lien

The dealer cannot hand you cash on this route. A no-title scrap purchase is settled by check or electronic transfer, payable to the same person whose ID was shown.

Not there yet? A Chaska car's Minnesota registration expires at the end of the month shown on its plate. DVS takes online renewals only if the registration expired less than 10 months ago. After that, a car parked in Chaska since the last renewal is just an unregistered car, which is one more reason people sell rather than renew.

If the title is lost, not gone for good

When the car is newer than 10 model years, or it was registered recently, get the paper back:

• Duplicate title. Chaska owners file form PS2067A, the "Application for Duplicate Title, Registration, Cab or Lien Card." For Chaska owners, DVS lists $21.50 by mail or a $1 surcharge on top at a deputy registrar office, where most print it the same day. In Chaska, the application must come from the titled owner or a person holding power of attorney.
• Bonded title. A Chaska car past five years old can get a bonded title without proof of ownership. A Chaska bond must be a surety bond, and its amount is the car's value times one and a half.

Junk car with no title compares these routes.

Chaska's junk-car rules

We couldn't find Chaska's city code online, so the state test applies on this page. Under 168B.011 a junk car is one of three or more years, wrecked badly enough to look unable to run, missing a current plate, and worth no more than its metal. Skip enough renewals and a parked car in Chaska is halfway there. Chaska could have its own rules on dead or untagged cars, so ask the city before you leave one outside.

Title offices we checked from Chaska

Neither office on our list is in Carver County. Measured in a straight line from central Chaska, the Hennepin counter in Minneapolis (South 6th Street, number 300, Suite A-025; 612-348-8240) is roughly 20 miles northeast. Olmsted's in Rochester (4th Street South East, number 151; 507-923-2020) is roughly 79 miles southeast. You do not need either one. Driver and Vehicle Services records transfers through deputy registrars across the state, nearly 200 of them; drive.mn.gov finds one, and so does a call to 651-297-2005.

What you sign, and what stays on the car

On the back of a Chaska title, the seller writes the price into the sales tax declaration box. Next, a Chaska seller fills in the date of sale plus the odometer and damage statements. No notary appears anywhere in DVS's seller instructions. The plates belong with the car, so the buyer gets them and the prepaid registration tax. In Chaska, the seller's Notice of Sale is due within ten days, on paper or online. It protects you if your Chaska car shows up on a road later. There is no emissions test to pass first, because Minnesota ended its program in 2000.

Neighbors

Chanhassen is 3.5 miles away, Shakopee 7.3 and Prior Lake 10.4. Statewide rules are on Minnesota. If your car has been parked a long while, read car sitting for years.

Getting an offer

Selling a car in Chaska? Phone (877) 421-6008 or send our offer form.