West Linn: selling a car that no longer runs

If yours is stuck, we buy whole non-running and junk cars. You sell the whole car as it sits, and there is free pickup anywhere in the US, whether it's parked up in the hills above the river or down near the falls.

No West Linn rule turned up

We found no West Linn code online, so the rules below are Oregon's. West Linn may have limits on parked or stored cars that we didn't find in print. Before a broken car spends a whole winter parked outside in West Linn, check with city hall.

Oregon's rule: it is an offense to leave a vehicle on a highway or dump one on public or private ground. The owner on DMV's list covers towing and disposal. Under ORS 98.830, a West Linn landowner may tow an abandoned car from their lot after a notice has sat on it 72 hours or longer and they sign a form saying what the car is and where. If nobody claims a towed West Linn car within 30 days, it is auctioned to the public or handled by local ordinance.

Pulling parts yourself

Oregon asks for warning before a titled or registered car gets taken apart. Under ORS 819.010, the owner tells DMV at least 7 days ahead. Taking a West Linn car apart in view of a public right of way? The work must wrap up in 30 days. After it is taken apart, you hand its Oregon title back to DMV. Selling the car intact sidesteps every one of those steps.

The Lake Oswego office

Clackamas County doesn't issue Oregon titles. The state does. West Linn's nearest DMV on our list sits at 3 SW Monroe Pkwy, Suite D in Lake Oswego, roughly 6 miles northwest of town center. You can reach it at 503-299-9999.

Paperwork for a West Linn sale

Selling in West Linn? West Linn sellers give Oregon DMV a signature and date, written on a bill of sale or across the title's back. If a bank financed the car, it signs to give up its claim. Selling a West Linn car built in 2011 or later that is under 20 years old? Both you and the buyer sign an odometer statement. DMV's seller list says nothing about a notary. A missing title must be replaced ahead of the sale on Form 735-515, at the ordinary title fee: $101 to $116 for most gas cars depending on MPG, $192 if it's all-electric.

Afterward, tell DMV through DMV2U inside 10 days, giving the new owner's name and address. After you file that report and sign over the title, Oregon clears you if the buyer later drives badly, parks or abandons the car. Plates may come off before the sale; moved onto a car someone else owns, their leftover registration ends for both vehicles.

Neighbors

Oregon City is 2.9 miles away. Lake Oswego sits 4.4 miles off, Milwaukie 5.5 and Tualatin 6.6. The Oregon page holds the statewide rules.

Getting an offer

Use the form or phone (877) 421-6008. West Linn owners, drop us a note about the car through the form. We pick up at West Linn homes and at nearby shops or a relative's lot, wherever it is parked.