Selling a dead car in Fridley

Fridley's own rules

We could not locate Fridley's ordinances online, so the rules below come from Minnesota law. Fridley could add local limits on dead or untagged cars; ask City Hall before planning to store one. Section 168B.04 of state law gives peace officers and local governments the power to impound junk and abandoned vehicles. Parking it in a closed garage or shed takes it out of the abandoned definition.

When the title is missing

Many cars that end up stuck in Fridley driveways have no paperwork left. Section 168A.1501 gives two routes that skip the title:

• Seven-day hold. With no ownership papers at all, a licensed used-parts dealer may buy the car for dismantling. You sign an agreement to the hold, show ID and sign a statement, and the dealer then waits seven straight days, weekends and holidays excluded, before cutting it up.
• Old, long-unregistered car. No title is needed for a licensed dealer to scrap a car 10 model years old or older, as long as you bring DVS printouts proving more than seven years without registration, along with ID and the signed statement.

Either way, a Fridley no-title scrap deal pays no cash. Fridley payments are made by check or electronic transfer, only to the person who showed ID.

Never got the car titled to you? Begin at car not in your name. For the rest, see junk car with no title.

Title offices we checked from Fridley

Fridley belongs to Anoka County, yet neither office on our list sits there. Downtown Minneapolis has Hennepin's, in Suite A-025 at number 300 on South 6th Street (612-348-8240); from central Fridley that is about 8 miles south as the crow flies. From Fridley, Olmsted's Rochester counter (507-923-2020) sits at 151 4th Street South East, about 84 miles southeast. Fridley sellers can skip both: Driver and Vehicle Services lets any deputy registrar in Minnesota record the transfer, and close to 200 exist. Fridley sellers can call 651-297-2005 or search drive.mn.gov for the closest office.

Reporting the sale is two separate things

Two filings get confused, and they do different jobs:

1. The Notice of Sale. Within ten days, detach the form printed on the title or file online. List who bought it (name, home address, license number) and the day you sold. Under Section 168A.10, a Fridley seller who has complied, or complies within 48 hours of delivery, carries no owner liability for later driving.
2. The sold report to DVS. DVS is clear that this report alone leaves ownership where it was. When 30 days pass with no title paperwork or fees, the registration is suspended.

Your signature on the Fridley title needs no notary in the DVS seller steps. A lender still listed on it means a release card from the lender, or a notarized release, has to come too.

The plates stay on

Do not unbolt anything in Fridley before the truck leaves. Under 168.15 your claim to those plates ends at the transfer, and the buyer inherits them plus the registration tax you prepaid.

Close by

Columbia Heights is 2.5 miles away, New Brighton 2.9 and Brooklyn Center 3.0. Statewide rules are on the Minnesota page.

Getting an offer

Send your Fridley car through the offer form and we'll handle the rest. A lost title is something to mention, not a reason to stay away. Use the form or call (877) 421-6008.