Selling a junk car in Hendersonville

Where a broken car may legally sit

Section 13-102 makes a few exceptions:

• At home. A car owned by the owner or tenant may be overhauled, bodywork included, or stored, "provided it is done in a fully-enclosed structure designed and approved for such purpose." A garage works. Covering it with a tarp in a Hendersonville side yard doesn't count.
• At a business. On non-residential property, major overhaul is allowed inside a structure or similar enclosed area approved for it.
• On a car lot. Unlicensed vehicles may be stored where vehicle sales have been approved.

The same section bars open storage of "any abandoned motor vehicle, automobile parts" along with old appliances, tires and building debris. Once the city's Codes Enforcement Officer gives notice, the owner or occupant must clear them.

Ten days to appeal

If you think a notice is wrong, you can take it to the Board of Appeals. The written application must be filed "within 10 calendar days after the day of the decision, notice or order was served." That window is short, so decide early whether to argue or to have the car hauled off. Our notice to remove a car page goes through both paths.

On the street: 72 hours

Section 15-704 covers public streets. A vehicle "left parked on any street or alley for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours" without the police chief's permission is presumed abandoned if the owner cannot be found after a reasonable investigation. Police may also tow a car that is illegally parked or that blocks traffic.

To get it back, the owner claims it, shows evidence of ownership and pays fines and costs. The code puts the city's impound fee at $35.00 to $45.00, plus $10.00 a day for storage. Under Section 15-703, an officer who finds a car parked against the rules leaves a citation, and the driver or owner has ten days to answer it.

Sumner County title steps

Titles in Tennessee come from the county clerk, and Hendersonville is in Sumner County. No notary is required. Sign and print your Hendersonville title's assignment area so the name reads like the front. If the front reads "and" between two names, both sign; "or" means one signer will do.

Sumner County dropped its emissions test in January 2022.

A Hendersonville car an insurer paid off as a total loss may be branded already. After a crash, fire or water damage claim like that, the insurer has to get a salvage title, flood title or non-repairable certificate. Hendersonville cars worth $1,500 or less that are ten or more years old fall outside it. See wrecked or totaled.

Plates are yours to keep. In Tennessee the plate belongs to you rather than the car, and switching it over costs $1.

Close by

Mount Juliet is 9.0 miles away and Gallatin 9.1. Lebanon is 16.1, and Springfield 19.8. The Tennessee page has the state rules.

Getting an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or fill out the form about your Hendersonville car and its title. You sell the whole car as it sits. Hendersonville pickups happen at garages, lakeside driveways, or the shop that quoted the repair.