Selling a junk or unregistered car in Concord

If that describes the car out back, selling it settles the matter. We buy whole non-running and junk cars anywhere in Concord's 63.94 square miles. You sell the whole car as it sits, and pickup is free anywhere in the US.

What section 27-1-5 covers

The rule sits in Concord's Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code, the city's amendments to the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code. It has one stated exception: "article 28-7-16 Parking and Storage of Unregistered Vehicles, of the Zoning Ordinance." If you think your car fits that exception, ask the city before relying on it.

The rule names two separate problems:

• the car is unregistered or uninspected, or
• the car is in major disassembly or disrepair, or being stripped.

Annual state inspections are on hold until further notice, so stations can't give out state stickers. How the city reads "uninspected" while that lasts is a question for the city.

What happens after a notice

The code gives the owner a set time in the notice and order. If the violation "has not been abated within the time specified," the Code Administrator may go to court for "injunction, abatement, or other appropriate action" under RSA 676:15. Or the administrator may issue a citation under RSA 676:17-b, with penalties from Section 28-9-8d of the Zoning Ordinance, or do both. Ignoring the order is its own offense: a person who "refuses or neglects to comply" is "guilty of a separate offense for failure to comply with the order." Our notice to remove a car guide covers what to do with the letter.

Two street clocks

Pushing a dead car out to the street just puts it under a different rule:

• 48 hours. Section 18-1-11 bars leaving a vehicle "on a public right-of-way for a period of time exceeding forty-eight (48) consecutive hours unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Chief of Police or his designee."
• 24 hours. Under 17-1-16, a vehicle "parked in violation of any provisions of this title for a period of time greater than twenty-four (24) hours" is an abandoned vehicle for the traffic title.

Title and plates in New Hampshire

Concord is home to the state capitol, but the title step happens between you and the buyer. A car from 2000 or later has a New Hampshire title you sign over when you sell. On the back, a Concord seller writes in the mileage plus the buyer's name and address. You both sign, and the buyer takes it. For a model year before 2000, there is no title. Hand over a bill of sale (TDMV 22A) along with a TDMV 19A or a copy of an earlier registration or title.

You keep the plates, and selling ends the registration. Hold on to that expired registration, since the town or city clerk gives transfer credit for it.

Around Concord

In a straight line, Manchester sits roughly 18.1 miles off, Bedford roughly 20.6 and Londonderry roughly 25.8. See New Hampshire for statewide rules.

Getting an offer

Reach us online or at (877) 421-6008. Tell us what car it is, its miles, if it runs, and if there's a title. If you already have a notice from the city, mention it. We pick it up from a driveway, a back yard or a garage, wherever it is.