Selling a dead or junk car in Oxford

Either way, we buy whole non-running and junk cars. Sell the whole car as it sits; pickup is free anywhere in the US.

Two rules for a car that won't run

Plated but not running. Section 1141.04 caps outdoor parking of an inoperative vehicle that has current plates at one week. The same section bans outdoor storage of junk, salvage and parts, used tires included, anywhere in the city except an authorized junk yard. Once notified, you have ten days to resolve either problem, or it is declared a nuisance. Every further 30 days counts as another violation.

Unlicensed and dead. Section 303.09 covers a car with no current license that is nonoperating, wrecked, partially dismantled or abandoned, whoever owns it. The Oxford Police Department places a removal notice on the car, and the person in control of the property then has seven days. A car in an enclosed building is exempt, and so are commercial garages, repair shops, used car dealers and lawful junk yards.

A first violation of 303.09 is a minor misdemeanor. With one predicate traffic offense in the past year it becomes a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and with two or more, third-degree.

What counts as inoperable is broad. Oxford's property maintenance code casts a wide net, and its examples include "being unlicensed, wrecked, abandoned, in a state of disrepair or incapable of being moved under its own power."

Street parking and snow

Section 351.13 sets a 72-consecutive-hour ceiling for any car on a city roadway, and a car that overstays can be impounded or booted.

Posted snow routes are tow-away zones. Parking on them stops once snow or ice reaches three inches, and during any level of snow emergency the City Manager declares. At Level III every roadway is closed to nonemergency drivers, and a car driven anyway can be impounded under Section 303.08.

Tows and fees

The police department's citation page lists the charges for parking enforcement:

Release comes only after every citation and fee is paid. Under Section 303.08 you also appear at the Police Department to prove identity and ownership before the pound gives it up. Separately, Section 303.081 lets police order a tow from a private residential lot, on a complaint, once a car has been there four hours without the owner's permission. The department is at 101 East High Street, (513) 524-5240.

The drive to a title office

The closest Butler County title office to Oxford is in Hamilton, at 744 NW Washington Blvd., and it is about 9.7 miles southeast as the crow flies; call (513) 887-3090. The county's office at 315 High St. in Hamilton is about 12.3 miles away, and the Wessel Dr. office in Fairfield is about 15.2 miles, both also to the southeast.

Whoever sells signs the title in a notary's presence; Ohio insists on it. No title at all? Apply for a replacement (form BMV 3774) before selling. The plates are yours to remove when the car is sold, because Ohio ends the registration with the sale.

Getting an offer

Start online or call (877) 421-6008, and have three answers ready: what the car is and its miles, whether it runs at all, and whether you hold the title. Pickup is at the car's location in Oxford. Hamilton, Middletown and Fairfield are nearby, each with its own code.