Selling a dead car in Woodburn

Better to sell it first. 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, Woodburn's farm roads included.

The state rules that apply here

The Woodburn code text we gathered sets no junk-car rule, so this page works from Oregon statutes. Woodburn might still regulate this locally; a call to city hall before a dead car sits for months is cheap insurance.

Oregon law covers three situations:

• Abandoning. Oregon law bars leaving a Woodburn car behind on a highway or any public or private land. The owner in DMV's records covers towing and disposal costs.
• Low-value cars. $1,000 or less, set by a certified appraiser, lets Woodburn remove an abandoned car. Photos come first, and the registered owner and secured parties are notified. In Woodburn as elsewhere, that dollar line decides how a car gets disposed of; it says nothing about what yours is worth.
• A car on someone else's lot. ORS 98.830 gives a Woodburn lot owner a path: post a notice for 72 hours or more, sign a form naming the car and its spot, then tow. DMV supplies no form and won't release the owner's name.

If a stranger's car died on your land instead, DMV is blunt: "You cannot claim ownership of an abandoned vehicle on your property." See car abandoned on your property.

Parting it out yourself

Is your Woodburn car titled or registered, and do you plan to wreck it or strip it down? DMV needs to hear from the owner 7 days or more ahead. Work that shows from a public right of way has 30 days to be done. Once dismantled, the title goes back to DMV. A wrecker's bill of sale will not replace the title at DMV either, which makes a partly stripped Woodburn car without a title tough to sell.

DMV office and title steps

Woodburn lies in Marion County. We looked up the Salem DMV office at 955 Lancaster Dr NE, about 15 miles southwest of Woodburn's square measured straight; call 503-945-5000. Oregon handles titles at the state level.

Selling means signing the title's reverse with the date (a bill of sale also does the job), getting a lender's release signature if one applies, and, for 2011-or-later models below age 20, a mileage disclosure with two signatures, yours and the buyer's. Notaries aren't on DMV's seller list. Within 10 days, file the Woodburn sale on DMV2U, listing who bought it and where they live. After that filing and a signed-over title, the buyer answers for any parking or abandoning. The buyer gets 30 days to retitle before $25 to $50 in late fees. Plates can come off, but they keep registration only on a car you own.

Nearby

Newberg and Wilsonville are about 12 miles away, Keizer 12.8 and Sherwood 14.7. Statewide rules are on the Oregon page.

Getting an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or fill in the form. Tell us about the Woodburn car and we will take it from there. Our driver comes to the car near the central square, at a farmhouse outside Woodburn, or at the shop where it quit.