Selling a Conway car that won't run

If you would rather let it go than give it a garage, we buy whole non-running and junk cars. You sell the whole car as it sits, and pickup is free anywhere in the US, Conway included.

What Section 9-2-10 covers

The rule reaches almost every place a car can sit: "any street, alleyway, sidewalk, right-of-way, or any other public or private property within the corporate limits of the city." It names two kinds of vehicle.

• Abandoned: inoperable; left alone on public property over 72 hours; or kept on private or public property for "more than seven (7) days without the consent of the owner in control of the property."
• Derelict: a vehicle "whose major parts have been removed so as to render the vehicle inoperable."

Both are "subject to removal from public or private property." The warning comes as a colored tag, a notice stuck to the car saying it "has been declared an abandoned or derelict vehicle and will be treated as such." Once one is on your windshield, the city has made its call. Our notice to remove a car guide covers that moment.

The seven-day clause is the one to know if someone else left a car on your land. That has its own guide: car abandoned on your property.

Downtown, a breakdown runs on a two-hour clock

Section 8-2-3 sets two-hour parking on Main Street from Kingston Street to Fifth Avenue, and "each two-hour violation shall constitute a separate offense." Pushing a stalled car into the next space does not reset anything: the same section bars moving a car between two-hour spaces "so as to avoid enforcement action." Off Main Street, Section 8-2-4 says a parked car must leave at least 10 feet of roadway open, and fire lanes are off limits, even on private lots posted for public parking.

Getting a towed car back

Conway's code splits towed cars in two. A stored car comes back from the wrecker company once its towing and storage fees are paid. An impounded car stays put until "proper evidence of ownership is presented to the police department," which then gives you a signed tow release to hand the wrecker company. After a Conway tow, state law makes the tow company and storage lot each mail certified letters to the registered owner and any lienholder. Leave the car unclaimed and it can end up at a public auction. See towed or impounded.

Title work at the Highway 701 branch

For Horry County, the SCDMV branch we looked at is 4103 Highway 701 North, about 5 miles north of central Conway in a straight line (843-365-4781). Conway titles come from the state of South Carolina, not from Horry County.

On the title's first assignment you fill in the buyer's name and address, any lienholder, the odometer reading, the price and the date, and you both sign. When the title lacks a price line, include a bill of sale. Then send the SCDMV a Notice of Vehicle Sold, Form 416.

The plate stays with you. Move the Conway plate to another car of yours, or turn it in with Form 452 and Form 416 at a branch or by mail. After that, drop the liability insurance.

Lost the title? A duplicate is $15, and another $20 is optional if you want it done the same day at a branch. With a lien on file, the lender gets the duplicate. In Conway, if your car is twelve or more model years old, lacks a valid plate, and has no engine or can't run at all, a signed affirming form lets a demolisher or metals recycler take it with no title. More in junk car with no title.

Getting an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or use the form. Start with our form for your Conway car. Our truck can get it from a city driveway, a Main Street space, or a shop out toward Myrtle Beach or North Myrtle Beach. For the statewide picture, see South Carolina.