Selling a broken-down car in Clifton

Selling a dead car doesn't require any of that from you. We buy whole non-running and junk cars. You sell the whole car as it sits, with free pickup anywhere in the US, including a Clifton driveway or a lot near Weasel Brook Park.

What the junk-truck rules say

The two sections split the trade:

• Junk dealers (289-11) buy, collect or otherwise acquire junk. The permit fee is $5 and the sticker fee $5 per vehicle, but the first vehicle's permit and sticker carry no fee. The truck shows the dealer's full name and business address.
• Junk peddlers (289-12) pay a $20 permit fee plus $5 per sticker. Their trucks carry the peddler's full name and home street address.

If the applicant is a corporation, every officer and director counts as an applicant. These fees are what the city charges the hauler. They say nothing about what your car is worth.

A dead car on the block: state law

The Clifton code sections we have deal with junk dealers, not parked cars, so this page can't give the city's time limit for a dead car. Clifton could have a parking rule of its own that we did not see. If a notice has arrived, it will name the section.

New Jersey law fills the gap. On public land, the state's answer for an abandoned vehicle is a public auction or the crusher, and a junk title goes only to a car that won't run or isn't worth the cost of making it safe. On private land, the car has to be offered at a public sale. If that sale falls through, the landowner may seek the title.

Paperwork from Clifton

Passaic County's Vehicle Center at 125 Broadway, Suite 201, Paterson, lies about 4 miles north of central Clifton as the crow flies. It is the office we checked; the county may list others. A lost title costs $60 to replace, by appointment, using form OS/SS-UTA.

To sell, sign where the title's back page asks for the seller. Then a Clifton seller gives the buyer the title and a bill of sale. A Clifton bill of sale shows the price, mileage, date and who bought it, with their address. The buyer transfers it in person at a motor vehicle agency. Your plates stay off the car: return them to the MVC at an agency, or mount them on a different car of yours.

Getting an offer

Use the form or call (877) 421-6008 to tell us about the car. Fill in the form for your Clifton car to get an offer. Passaic is 1.7 miles from Clifton and Paterson 3.6. For the rest of the state, see New Jersey.