Selling a junk car in Rock Springs

One car out back, screened

The same section allows a single exception. "One unlicensed and/or inoperative vehicle, unlicensed and/or inoperative recreational vehicle or stock car is permitted on a property." Its place is the side or rear yard, and it must be "properly screened from public view with an opaque fence or car cover." People in trailer parks, apartments and developments can use an approved storage yard there, screened the same way and allowed by zoning.

Home parking has rules too. Section 157.133 says off-street parking that goes with a home is for "licensed and operable passenger automobiles," and a home's required parking spaces cannot hold a dead car unless the owner has a conditional use permit.

How the notice works

Section 50.12 lays out the steps. A written notice names the nuisance and gives "up to 14 days" to fix it. If it is still there, a notice is posted on the property allowing "an additional three days." After that, the city "shall have the authority to enter upon the property" and remove the nuisance itself, charging the cost to the owner, tenant or manager. If you already have the letter, see notice to remove a car.

The title office is in Green River

Sweetwater County's seat is Green River, not Rock Springs, and Wyoming processes titles at the county clerk in the seat. The office we checked is at 80 W. Flaming Gorge Way, Suite 150, Green River, phone (307) 872-3732, roughly 14 miles west of Rock Springs as the crow flies. Registration and plates go through the county treasurer. WYDOT is the state agency over all of it.

Wyoming rules for the sale

You sign the Wyoming title while a notary watches. If the names are linked by or/and, every co-owner repeats that step. List any liens. An odometer statement goes with any vehicle made in the past 10 years. Keep the plates: they were sold to you, and you can put them and any remaining credit on your next vehicle. Lost the title? One owner on its face can apply for a duplicate with an affidavit of loss (junk car with no title).

Other Wyoming towns

In straight lines from Rock Springs: Casper 171.6 miles, Laramie 188.2, Cheyenne 231.5, Sheridan 248.7 and Gillette 263.9. More on the Wyoming page.

Getting an offer

Fill in the form or call (877) 421-6008. Tell us the kind of car, its mileage, if it will start, and which papers you hold. Tell us if the 100-hour count or a posted notice has started; pickup works from a front yard, behind a fence, or a trailer-park storage yard.