Town guide · Utah
Selling a junk or dead car in Magna
Magna sits well apart from the other towns on our list. The closest is West Valley City, 10.2 miles away in a straight line. The Taylorsville title office we looked up is about 13 miles southeast, measured the same way. That gap is not a big deal, since a Utah seller can handle almost all the paperwork without visiting a counter. We buy whole non-running and junk cars, with free pickup anywhere in the US, Magna included.
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Magna, the short version
- Population
- 35,401 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025)
- County
- Salt Lake
- Main Street
- 2700 South
- Local junk-car code
- Not found online; Utah law applies
- Abandoned on land
- More than 7 days without consent
- Title office we checked
- Taylorsville, about 13 miles southeast
- Lost title
- Form TC-123, no duplicate needed first
- Two owners on the title
- AND: both sign. OR: one
When a car becomes abandoned under Utah law
Magna's own ordinances were not online when we searched; the rules here come from the state, and local ones may also apply. The state's line is consent. A vehicle sitting on land for "a period in excess of seven days without express or implied consent of the owner or person in control of the property" is abandoned. A dead car behind a relative's house with their blessing does not meet that test; one a landlord never agreed to can. Highways allow only 48 hours. Doing either is an infraction, and an officer can take the car away.
Lost the title? You may not need a duplicate
When a Utah title is lost, its seller can use Form TC-123 to sign ownership over to the buyer directly, skipping a duplicate in the seller's own name. Part two of the form handles the assignment and release. Prefer a duplicate? It is $6.00, ordered online or on that same form. More in junk car with no title.
Two names on the title
Check the small word between the owners' names before anyone signs. With AND, both of you put pen to paper. With OR, one signature does it. Either way, Utah wants no notary.
Before the car leaves Magna
- Have the title to your buyer inside 48 hours, registration certificate with it.
- Magna is in Salt Lake County, where emissions tests apply, so pass along a current emission certificate if one applies.
- Write a bill of sale. It is your proof that the title legally changed hands, and the state's form is TC-843.
- Unscrew the plates, keeping them unless they were sold along with the car. One left on can drag you into parking or traffic violations.
- Send word to the DMV through its Motor Vehicle Portal, a mailed letter, or a 1-800-DMV-UTAH call.
After you sell walks through the last steps.
Getting an offer
Reach us online or at (877) 421-6008 about your Magna car. Our truck can stop near the Empress on Main Street, on 2700 South, or anywhere else in Magna. Kearns and Salt Lake City have their own pages, and Utah has the statewide rules.
Questions people ask
- A stranger's dead car is on my Magna lot. When is it abandoned?
- Utah's test: more than seven days there without the property owner's consent, spoken or implied. Once past that, an officer with reasonable grounds may have it removed.
- Two names are on the Magna car's title. Do both sign?
- Read the connecting word. AND: both owners sign. OR: one is enough.
- Is a drive to Taylorsville needed to report the sale?
- No. Use the Motor Vehicle Portal online, send written notice by mail, or call 1-800-DMV-UTAH.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from one of these. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Utah Code Title 41 Chapter 6a Part 14 (abandoned vehicles) le.utah.gov
- Utah DMV: Title FAQ (Form TC-123) dmv.utah.gov
- Utah DMV: Replace a title dmv.utah.gov
- Utah DMV: Buyer and seller responsibilities dmv.utah.gov
- Utah DMV: Inspections (emissions counties) dmv.utah.gov
- Utah DMV: Office locations dmv.utah.gov
- Wikimedia Commons: Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South (Main Street), Magna commons.wikimedia.org
- U.S. Census Bureau city population estimates, 2020-2025 www2.census.gov