Where can I get a duplicate title in East Orange?

One of the MVC Vehicle Centers we checked is inside the city, at 183 South 18th Street, Suite B. An East Orange duplicate title runs $60. East Orange owners schedule a visit, file OS/SS-UTA and show a registration (expired works), an insurance card, or a certified copy of their registration record.

Does East Orange have its own junk-car ordinance?

East Orange's code wasn't online for us, so New Jersey law is our guide on this page. The city may have its own rules on keeping a dead car at home, so ask City Hall before you leave one sitting outside.

When I sell the car, does the buyer get my plates?

No. In New Jersey the seller takes the plates off and either surrenders them at a motor vehicle agency or moves them to another vehicle. They never pass to the next owner.

My car has sat at a shop for months. Can the shop keep it?

New Jersey lets a repair facility call a car abandoned under N.J.S.A. 39:10A-9 once 60 days pass without your consent, or 60 days after you were told it was ready. Storage, a sale, or a junk title can follow.

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Selling a junk or dead car in East Orange

East Orange has an MVC Vehicle Center inside the city. We looked up the office at 183 South 18th Street, Suite B. In a straight line it's around a mile south of central East Orange. That matters if your dead car's title is lost, because a replacement title in this state is an in-person job. We buy whole non-running and junk cars, so you can sell the whole car as it sits, with free pickup anywhere in the US.

Updated October 11, 2026 · 6 sources

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East Orange, the short version

Population: 72,159 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025)
County: Essex
Land area: 3.928 square miles
MVC Vehicle Center we checked: 183 South 18th Street, about 1 mile south
Town junk-car code: Not found online; state law below
Plates: Seller removes and surrenders or reuses them
Duplicate title: $60, by appointment

A crowded city and a car that won't move

The Census counts 72,159 people in East Orange on just 3.928 square miles of land. With that many neighbors on so little ground, a car that no longer runs takes a parking space someone else needs, whether it sits at the curb or behind a house.

We couldn't locate East Orange's ordinances, so New Jersey law is the source for the rules below. The city may have its own rules about inoperable cars on private property, and those can be stricter than the state's. A quick call to City Hall, the building in the photo above, is worth it before you leave a dead car parked for weeks.

What state law says about abandoned cars

New Jersey splits abandoned cars by where they sit:

Public property. Under N.J.S.A. 39:10A-1 and following, a car abandoned on a street or other public land is "offered at public auction or junked."
Private property. N.J.S.A. Under 39:4-56.6, these cars "must be put up for public sale/auction." When nobody buys, the property owner can apply for a title under their own name.
At a repair shop. Leave a car at a garage past 60 days without the shop's consent, or past 60 days from being told the work is finished, and the shop may treat it as abandoned. The East Orange shop may then store the car, sell it, or seek a junk title.

When a car dies at a shop and the fix runs past its value, making the call soon means you stay the one choosing.

Title and plates

East Orange buyers transfer titles at a motor vehicle agency. Mail won't work. An East Orange seller signs the seller's space on the title's back and includes a bill of sale. Put the East Orange buyer's name and street address on the bill of sale, with the date sold, the miles and the price.

You keep the plates. East Orange sellers remove the plates and either turn them in at an agency or put them on their next car. The buyer gets 10 working days to finish the transfer before a $25 penalty applies.

No title? A duplicate costs $60 and needs an appointment at a Vehicle Center with form OS/SS-UTA. Having the South 18th Street office in town is a real help here. See junk car with no title for the rest, and after you sell for the plates.

Getting an offer

Reach us at (877) 421-6008 or through the form. Just share the kind of car, its approximate miles, if it cranks, and if the title is in your hands. We can load it at the curb, in a driveway, or outside a garage in town. Nearby pages cover Newark and Harrison, and the New Jersey page has the statewide rules.

Questions people ask

Where can I get a duplicate title in East Orange?: One of the MVC Vehicle Centers we checked is inside the city, at 183 South 18th Street, Suite B. An East Orange duplicate title runs $60. East Orange owners schedule a visit, file OS/SS-UTA and show a registration (expired works), an insurance card, or a certified copy of their registration record.
Does East Orange have its own junk-car ordinance?: East Orange's code wasn't online for us, so New Jersey law is our guide on this page. The city may have its own rules on keeping a dead car at home, so ask City Hall before you leave one sitting outside.
When I sell the car, does the buyer get my plates?: No. In New Jersey the seller takes the plates off and either surrenders them at a motor vehicle agency or moves them to another vehicle. They never pass to the next owner.
My car has sat at a shop for months. Can the shop keep it?: New Jersey lets a repair facility call a car abandoned under N.J.S.A. 39:10A-9 once 60 days pass without your consent, or 60 days after you were told it was ready. Storage, a sale, or a junk title can follow.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these. Checked October 11, 2026.

U.S. Census Bureau: city population estimates, 2020-2025 www2.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer place file (land area) www2.census.gov
NJ MVC: Vehicle Center locations nj.gov
NJ MVC: Transferring ownership (title, bill of sale, plates, $25 penalty) nj.gov
NJ MVC: Duplicate title nj.gov
NJ MVC: Abandoned vehicles nj.gov