Selling a dead car in Port Chester

We buy whole non-running and junk cars. You sell the whole car as it sits, and pickup is free anywhere in the US, whether the car is just off Route 1 or in a garage up the hill.

Getting the order right

1. Unbolt the plates and scrape the registration sticker off the windshield. New York leaves the plates with whoever sold the car.
2. Return them to the DMV at once, or put them on another Port Chester car you own. Frames and screws stay home, since only plates are accepted.
3. File away the FS-6T, which proves you handed them in.
4. Only now end the policy. Reverse steps 2 and 4 and Port Chester owners risk a suspended registration, and possibly a suspended driver license.

Port Chester sellers sometimes ask what form tells Albany the car is gone. There isn't one. If a lapse letter shows up months later, your reply is the MV-912 copy plus the proof that the plates came off.

The inspection sticker on a car that won't pass

New York requires a safety inspection every year and each time the car changes owners. Most of them also check OBDII emissions. A sale is a change of owner, so it puts an inspection on the calendar. When the new owner bought from a private party, their clock runs 10 days past registration day. More in failed inspection or rust.

What we could not find locally

We couldn't find Port Chester's village code online. Under state law, villages decide about junk cars on private land, so there could be local rules. On public streets, the state's VTL 1224 starts treating a car as abandoned if its plates are gone and it has been left somewhere public for more than six hours. That matters if you pull the plates but leave the car parked out front.

The paper trail at the sale

Port Chester sellers sign the assignment area on the title's back. You also sign the MV-912. The Port Chester bill of sale names both people, the car, its VIN, what was paid and when. You won't need a notary. You and the buyer split the copies, and the buyer takes the original in to the DMV. For a gift, enter $0 on the MV-912 and add the DTF-802. See after you sell for the last steps.

Next door

As the crow flies, Harrison is 3.0 miles away, White Plains 4.6, New Rochelle 8.1 and Glen Cove 8.4. New York's statewide rules are collected on our New York page.

Getting an offer

Reach us online or at (877) 421-6008. Share the model you have, its mileage, if it will start, and where you keep the title. Don't drop the insurance until the plates are turned in. Anywhere in Port Chester works, from a home driveway to a parking lot or a mechanic's bay.