Junk cars in Horn Lake: the code and the sale

Two more ways to qualify

Section 38-2 adds "The vehicle is inoperable" and "The vehicle is dismantled, partially dismantled or severely damaged." A seized engine, a half-stripped project or a crumpled front end each qualifies alone.

Storage limits in Horn Lake

Section 38-5 calls junk and abandoned vehicles a public nuisance and draws these lines:

• Keeping a junk vehicle anywhere in the city is unlawful unless it is "completely enclosed within a building" and hidden from the street and neighboring lots, or the property is kept free of health hazards and screened.
• "No person shall leave a junk vehicle on any street or highway within the city."
• Leaving any vehicle so long that it would "reasonably appear to have been abandoned" is barred.
• Street repairs stop at work "of a minor nature to get a disabled vehicle moving again."

Zoning adds a residential rule. Non-compliant vehicles, and trailers of any kind lacking current tags, "shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings." Section 38-4 wants any vehicle allowed in a residential area off the street, in good repair and on a hard surface, unless the planning department has granted a limestone driveway permit.

Police impound

Section 20-19 puts a daily storage fee on a car the Horn Lake police impound and keep on city premises, so the bill climbs each day. If such a car sits unclaimed for 40 days after a police tow, state rules call it abandoned, and the holder can move toward a sale after notifying the owner and lienholder. More in towed or impounded.

DeSoto County tag and title

Hand the old plate to the DeSoto County Tax Collector. Mississippi dates the unused-fee credit from that hand-in day, and the credit works in other counties as well.

On the title, the seller handles all of the assignment besides the buyer's printed name and signature, and an empty buyer-name line is not allowed. A missing title needs replacing before the sale: Form 78-006, $9.00. A Horn Lake car bound for scrap gets a Junked Certificate of Title after the owner surrenders the regular one.

Nearby

Southaven is 4.1 miles from Horn Lake in a straight line, Olive Branch 11.8 and Oxford 50.7. Statewide rules are on the Mississippi page.

Getting an offer

Phone (877) 421-6008 or fill in the request. Describe your Horn Lake car to us on the form. Pickup is free anywhere in the US, and in Horn Lake the truck can roll the car out of a garage, off a carport pad or from a driveway.