Kaysville's junk-car rules, and selling yours

The 72-hour rule, line by line

Section 14-6-3 covers two kinds of car on private property in Kaysville:

• An unregistered car, "where licenses and registration have been expired for a period of four (4) months or longer."
• Any car "in a wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, inoperative, or abandoned condition, whether registered or unregistered, and whether attended or not."

Either one can sit for no more than 72 hours. The exception allows "three (3) or less vehicles or part(s) thereof" kept out of sight. Beyond that, the code calls the cars a nuisance. The car's owner, or whoever holds the property, must "abate the same within forty-eight (48) hours after receiving written notice to do so."

The four-month window matters for a car that only just quit. A registration that lapsed last month doesn't trigger the unregistered-car part by itself. A car that won't run is covered from day one.

Kaysville streets

Rolling the car to the curb doesn't solve it. Section 6-2b-4 has three rules a dead car runs into:

• No vehicle, running or not, may stay on a public road, street, alley, park-and-ride lot or city property "for forty-eight (48) or more consecutive hours." Such a car "may be impounded or removed by the Chief of Police or the Chief's designee."
• From November 1 to the last day of February, no one may park on any street between midnight and 6 a.m.
• Leaving a car at the curb chiefly to advertise it for sale is a civil violation.

If the car has already been towed, see towed or impounded.

Title office

Davis County's counter on Clark Lane in Farmington (969 W, phone 801-297-7780) is one we checked. From central Kaysville it's around 4 miles southeast as the crow flies, and other Davis County offices may exist.

What changes hands in Kaysville

• The title, the registration certificate and, because Davis County tests emissions, any current emission certificate.
• TC-891, Utah's odometer statement, signed by both of you. Cars two decades old or more are exempt.
• A bill of sale. The DMV says it's your proof that the title legally moved, and TC-843 is the state's version.

No notary is involved. Unbolt the plates unless the buyer keeps them, then file the sold notice with the DMV. After you sell walks through it.

Getting an offer

Use the form or dial (877) 421-6008. Use the form for your Kaysville car. Our truck can take it from behind the screen, from the garage, or from the curb ahead of the winter overnight ban. Close by: Layton, Farmington and Clearfield. Statewide rules are on Utah.