Selling a dead or junk car in Pleasantville

If the car is not worth fixing, 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 yard or driveway in Pleasantville.

What Chapter 276 calls junk

Section 276-1 covers "any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded motor vehicle." So a car does not have to be stripped to count. One that simply does not run qualifies.

The rule reaches whoever controls the property, not just the person on the title. Under Section 276-4, nobody "whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise" can let that kind of vehicle stay on the property "longer than 72 hours." So a renter with a dead car out front answers to it just like the landlord.

The code also bans leaving a car anywhere in the city "for such time and under such circumstances as to cause the same to appear to have been abandoned." A car does not have to be abandoned to break that rule. It only has to look that way.

The one-day notice, then the tow

When the city serves notice under Section 276-5, it orders you to remove the vehicle "within 24 hours after the receipt of such notice." Missing that is a violation by itself. Section 276-6 then has the Police Department remove the car.

Chapter 269 sets out what happens next:

• After at least 48 hours, the tower must write to the motor vehicle agency in the state where the car is registered for a certified copy of its registration.
• Within five to seven business days, the Police Department gives the owner notice of where the car is and why it was towed.
• After seven days in storage, the tower may move the car to another facility in Atlantic County, as long as it tells the police the date, time and new location.

Our towed or impounded guide covers what to do from there.

Title and plates in Pleasantville

Atlantic County runs a Vehicle Center in Egg Harbor Twp at 6725 Black Horse Pike. In a straight line it is about 3 miles northwest of central Pleasantville. This is the only Pleasantville-area office we checked, and others could exist. Replacing a lost title costs $60 there or at any Vehicle Center, by appointment, with form OS/SS-UTA.

To sell, sign as seller where the title asks for it. Pleasantville sellers also fill out a bill of sale naming the buyer, where they live, the day, what was paid and the odometer reading. Pleasantville buyers complete the transfer in person at a motor vehicle agency. New Jersey does not allow it by mail. The plates stay with you. Take them off, then turn them over to a motor vehicle agency or reuse them on your next vehicle.

Getting an offer

The form or (877) 421-6008 works. Have the year, make, model, odometer reading and title situation ready, and say whether it runs. If a city notice has already arrived, mention it. Atlantic City is 3.2 miles away, and the New Jersey page has the statewide rules.