Selling a junk, dead or towed car in Midvale

The rules that reach a car in Midvale

Midvale's code did not come up online for us, so these are state rules. A Midvale ordinance, if there is one, could be stricter.

• On a highway: past the 48-hour mark unattended, the car is abandoned. State Street, US-89, runs south through Midvale past 7800 South.
• On a lot or yard: here the statute says "a period in excess of seven days without express or implied consent of the owner or person in control of the property."
• Either way: the person who left it commits an infraction; under the impound rules in 41-6a-1406, a peace officer holding reasonable grounds may take it.

Parts car or whole car

Utah law labels a vehicle nonrepairable when resale is worthless apart from parts or scrap, or when the owner irreversibly marks it as a source of parts, scrap or destruction. Taking one apart is permit work: a dismantling permit lets its holder break the car down or move it to a salvage dealer, crusher or licensed dismantler. Selling it whole to a buyer who handles those steps is the other route. Part it out or sell it whole compares the two.

Title office and the sale itself

Taylorsville's state office, at 4315 S 2700 W, Suite 1200 (801-297-7780), which we checked, is about 6 miles northwest of central Midvale as the crow flies. Most sellers will not need a counter:

1. Sign the title, no notary needed.
2. Inside 48 hours, deliver the signed title, plus the current registration certificate. Midvale's county, Salt Lake, is an emissions county, so a current emission certificate goes too if one applies.
3. Pull the plates, unless they were part of the price.
4. Notify the DMV: phone 1-800-DMV-UTAH, mail form TC-502, or use the Motor Vehicle Portal.
5. Hold on to a bill of sale; the state's own is TC-843.

If the car already sits in a tow lot, read towed or impounded before the 30 days run out.

Getting an offer

Call (877) 421-6008 or go online. Selling in Midvale? Our short offer form covers it. Anywhere in Midvale's 5.895 square miles, we tow from home driveways, apartment parking and repair shops. Murray and Sandy are close, and Utah covers the state rules.