Jamestown's seven-day notice and the car out back

We buy whole non-running and junk cars: sell the whole car as it sits, with free pickup anywhere in the US, Jamestown driveways and back lots included.

What Jamestown counts as junked

Chapter 288 casts a wide net. Its definition covers any vehicle that is "unlicensed, wrecked, stored, discarded" or under repair, dismantled, or "in such condition as to cost more to repair and place in operating condition than the reasonable market value of the vehicle." Two presumptions carry much of the weight:

• A vehicle that has "remained unused for more than three months and is not in condition to be removed under its own power" is presumed abandoned, junked or inoperative. That one is written for vehicles not required to be licensed or not used on the highway.
• A vehicle lacking a current registration or plate in the name of the homeowner, the tenant or an immediate family member is presumed unfit for legal road use.

The chapter also names hazards, among them a car that shelters pests, stands in weeds over eight inches tall, or holds pond water. Stock cars, ATVs and snowmobiles count as motor vehicles too.

The notice explains that you may ask for a hearing before the Director of Development, or appeal to the Property Rehabilitation and Conservation Board of Appeals, within the time it allows. See notice to remove a car.

The garage rule

Section 219-3, Jamestown's quality-of-life list, prohibits anyone to "park, keep or store any inoperable, unlicensed, or unregistered motor vehicle on any premises outside of a garage of adequate dimensions". The same list bars parking any vehicle "in the front or side lawn of a residential unit in sight of the public."

Fixing it at the curb is out too. Section 252-23 forbids repairs on Jamestown streets, sidewalks and city lots and ramps. A car that broke down without warning gets 24 hours to be made operable.

Signing it over

Selling in Jamestown takes just two signatures. Jamestown sellers sign the title's back and then MV-912, New York's bill of sale. A notary isn't part of it. Unscrew the plates, scrape off the windshield sticker, and surrender them before cancelling the insurance; the DMV's FS-6T receipt is worth keeping. Title missing? Jamestown owners can sell an eight-plus model year car valued at $1,250 or less to a DMV-registered dismantler on MV-35. After that, it's never titled again. The New York page has the rest.

Near Jamestown

Buffalo is 58.2 miles away as the crow flies, North Tonawanda 68.3 and Niagara Falls 69.7.

Getting an offer

Selling a Jamestown car? Call (877) 421-6008 or use the offer form, and say when any notice was served. We can pick up from the yard, from behind a garage it never fit in, or from wherever in Jamestown it quit.