Selling a dead or junk car in Asheboro

One junker, out of sight

Asheboro's limit sits in Section 90.06: "It shall be unlawful to have more than one junked motor vehicle, as defined herein, on the premises of public or private property." The one you keep belongs in the rear yard, as zoning defines it, and must be "entirely concealed from public view from a public street and from abutting premises by an acceptable covering or screening." Anything beyond that goes in a fully enclosed garage or building. A second or third car is often simpler to sell.

The city cannot order a junker off private land just because it is ugly. The authorizing official must first find "in writing that the aesthetic benefits of removing the vehicle outweigh the burdens imposed on the private property owner." On private property, cases go to the Planning and Community Development Department. The Police Department handles streets and city land.

Seven days, by mail or on the glass

Section 90.07 mails the warning, first class, when the owner's address can be traced. When it cannot, or the car is abandoned, the warning is fixed to the windshield. The removal date it sets is "no sooner than seven days after the notice is affixed or mailed." An appeal of the city's finding is also allowed. Section 90.08 lets the city skip notice for cars abandoned on streets, and on private property when the official sees "a special need for prompt action," as with a car "blocking or obstructing ingress or egress to businesses and residences."

Section 90.13 also keeps the city out when state procedures would let the landowner remove the car. It wants a written request, except for nuisance vehicles and junkers already under a removal order.

If it has already been towed

Asheboro's Section 90.11 lets an owner reclaim the car any time, "including before the probable cause hearing," by paying towing and storage or posting a bond of twice that with the tow operator holding it. After that, the car cannot go back to breaking the same rules. Towed or impounded covers the decision.

Title and plates

Titles come from NCDMV through a plate agency or by mail. Randolph County does not issue them. On the reverse, you date the sale, give the mileage if it is required, fill out the damage statement and sign while a notary watches. If NCDMV would not register the car on its current title, its only legal buyers are those taking it for parts, scrap metal or recycling. Randolph is one of the 19 emissions counties. Keep the plates, and turn them in before ending coverage unless your next car will wear them.

Getting an offer

Use the form or dial (877) 421-6008. Let us know the car, its mileage, if it starts, and if you are the titled owner. We can load it from behind a house, out of a garage, or off a farm lane at the edge of town. Thomasville is 19.9 miles off and High Point 22.5. Statewide rules are on North Carolina.