Selling a junk or dead car in Superior

The placard, then the citation

Section 112-202 makes it illegal to keep a junked vehicle, or loose vehicle accessories, anywhere in Superior, private lot or public land, and labels them "public nuisances." Section 112-204 lets an inspector or officer give notice either way:

• a placard on the car; when that is the only notice, a citation waits until the placard is confirmed still in place "no less than 48 hours" later
• a first class letter mailed to the owner at the last address WisDOT has

Once notice is given, the officer returns and cites the car unless it has been licensed, registered and "restored to a condition in which it can legally be operated." Separately, Section 104-258 says "no inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicle shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises," and heavy work like body repair belongs inside a structure.

Abandoned, impounded, sold

Superior counts a vehicle as abandoned after it is left unattended over 48 hours on a street or public ground, or on private land without the owner's agreement. An inspector or officer can also have a junked car removed and impounded. Under 112-213, the city stores it for ten days minimum once certified mail has gone out to the owner and lienholder of record. Doing nothing in that window is treated as "a waiver of all right, title and interest" and consent to a sale.

Winter adds signs reading "Snow Emergency Route." While an emergency is on, parking there is banned, and a car that stalls on one, even with a dead battery, has to be towed or pushed clear immediately.

Wisconsin title and plates

Superior belongs to the Duluth, MN-WI metro, but the title rules here are Wisconsin's, run by WisDOT's Division of Motor Vehicles. Junking a Superior car means writing Junk across its title, and no replacement is needed when the original is missing. After that, the car is permanently barred from a title or plates.

Unbolt the plates first. In Superior, current plates may move to a similar vehicle titled to you. If not, destroy them, because WisDOT takes no returns. After a sale to a private individual, the seller has 30 days to file Wisconsin's online notice of the VIN, buyer, price and sale date. After you sell covers the rest.

Other Wisconsin towns

Superior is far from the rest of our Wisconsin pages. Eau Claire is 132.5 miles off as the crow flies and Wausau 167.4. The Wisconsin page has the statewide rules.

Getting an offer

Ring (877) 421-6008 or use the form. Selling a car in Superior? Our short form is the first step. You sell the whole car as it sits, and the truck comes to it, at your house or wherever it stopped.