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Gary junk car guides
Short, sourced answers to the questions Lake County owners ask before they sell a car that no longer runs.
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- Selling a junk car in Indiana with no titleThe certificate of authority, the 15-year rule and the cases that cannot be sold.
- What an Indiana certificate of authority isThe BMV paper that stands in for a title on old junk cars.
- How a junk car is valued in GaryWeight, completeness, the converter and parts demand, and how to compare offers.
- Abandoned and junk vehicle rules in GaryWhat the city can do to a dead car, and why selling it first is cheaper.
- Selling a car with no keys in GaryLost keys change the loading, not your right to sell.
- Selling a junk car with an out-of-state titleA title from Illinois, Michigan or another state is still a title.
- Selling a car with a salvage or rebuilt titleA branded title is still a title, and it does not stop a junk sale.
- Your car was totaled: keep it or sell it for scrapQuestions to ask the insurer, and when selling the wreck makes sense.
- What to do with your license plates after selling a junk carTake the plates off before the truck leaves.
- Selling a deceased relative's junk carWho can sign, and what paper the sale needs.
- Catalytic converters and junk car valueWhy the converter is part of the offer, and why not to cut it off.
- Junk it or sell it privately in Gary?A checklist for deciding between a junk sale and a private sale.