Selling a dead car in Perrysburg

Whatever yours is worth, you can sell the whole car as it sits. We buy whole non-running and junk cars, with free pickup anywhere in the US.

What happens to a junk car left in Perrysburg

Under Section 448.01, a car that meets that test counts as abandoned once it has been "Left on private property for more than seventy-two hours without permission of the person having right to the possession of the property," or 48 or more hours on a public street. The police chief has it photographed, then "shall thereupon immediately dispose of the abandoned junk motor vehicle to a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility."

Section 448.02 makes willfully leaving one that way a minor misdemeanor. The city also bills the person for its disposal costs, less whatever the disposal brought in.

Your own driveway: Section 448.03

A junk car parked on your own land, with your permission, is handled differently. After more than 72 hours uncovered outdoors, it can draw a certified letter from the police chief. That letter starts a ten-day clock, and the code's words for what must happen in that time are that the car "shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure or shall be removed from the property." Every further 30 days it stays is a fresh offense.

Repeat offenses cost more each time. First comes a minor misdemeanor, then a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and from the third offense on, a third-degree misdemeanor.

Planning and Zoning, at 201 W. Indiana Avenue (419-872-8060), takes complaints on a form that asks whether the problem can be seen from a road right-of-way.

Street and snow rules

• Section 452.05. No vehicle may stay 72 hours or longer in a municipal lot, on a public street or within a right-of-way unless the police chief allows it. On someone else's residential property, the limit is four hours without the owner's permission.
• Section 448.05. A car left on a street 48 hours or more, with no word to the chief about why, can be ordered into storage. The certified letter that follows says the car "will be declared a nuisance and disposed of if not claimed within ten days of the date of mailing of the notice." Getting it back means covering the removal and storage bill and proving the car is yours, for example with the title.
• Section 452.19. When a snow emergency parking ban is declared between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., cars must be off snow streets within 2 hours. When it is declared between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., the deadline is 9 a.m. Cars still parked there may be towed at the owner's cost. Bans are announced through the local press, the city website and city social media.

A car impounded from a street under Section 404.05 is released at the Police Division to an owner carrying identification and ownership papers, along with any court release order a pending case requires. One left unclaimed for 90 days may be sold at public auction after published notice. The Police Division's office number is 419-872-8001.

Your nearest title office is in Lucas County

Perrysburg is in Wood County, but Wood County's title office, at 1616 E. Wooster Street in Bowling Green, is about 11.4 miles south as the crow flies. Lucas County's office at 4456 Heatherdowns Boulevard in Toledo is about 3.8 miles north. Either one will do, because the BMV lets Ohioans use the title office of any county. Phones are (419) 213-2500 for Lucas and (419) 354-9180 for Wood.

When you sell, have a notary witness your signature on the title. Your buyer must apply for their own title inside 30 days or pay a $5 late fee. Your plates come off and stay with you.

Getting an offer

Online or at (877) 421-6008, describe the car: model year, odometer, whether the engine runs, and where the title is. The truck comes to it, downtown or anywhere else in town. Nearby: Toledo and Bowling Green.