Sell your car in Arvada: running, hail-pocked or parked for good
Part of Arvada lies in Adams County, and Jefferson County serves only its own residents for titles and registrations (Jefferson County Clerk), so the side of the county line your address sits on decides which motor vehicle office you use. Our buying partner will make you a cash offer online, and pickup is free on both sides of that line.
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If your Arvada address is in Adams County
- Use an Adams County office. The county's Westminster motor vehicle office is at 8452 Federal Blvd. (Adams County Clerk and Recorder)
- Friday is an option there. Adams County's lobbies keep Friday hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. except holidays (Adams County hours), a day missing from Jefferson County's Monday-to-Thursday week (Jeffco hours).
- Renew at the grocery store. Adams County's kiosk list includes a self-service registration renewal kiosk at the Arvada King Soopers, 8031 Wadsworth Blvd. (Adams County kiosks)
Where we pick up around Arvada
There's no charge for pickup anywhere in Arvada, on the Jefferson County side or the Adams County side, or in nearby Westminster, Wheat Ridge and Lakewood, and the car doesn't have to run for it. When you ask for the offer, say where the car is parked, whether it starts, and whether a garage door, a gate or a shared lot stands between the truck and the car.
Renewing Jeffco tags before you list it? Jefferson County says most renewals can be completed without visiting a motor vehicle office, and a renewal by mail goes with a check made payable to Jefferson County Clerk & Recorder (Jeffco renewals).
Cash for your car in Arvada
Arvada is one of the western suburbs the National Weather Service names in its account of May 8, 2017, when hail as large as baseballs caused extensive damage to cars, homes and businesses (NWS Boulder). An industry group expected more than 150,000 auto insurance claims to be filed after that one storm, the same account notes.
A car that took that hail and never got fixed, one that's simply worn out, or one that no longer starts can still get an offer from our buying partner, and the junk car page covers the ones headed for scrap. There's no fee to ask, no commitment if you do, and a week to accept.
For the dents, our hail-damage guide sets out what a buyer looks for and what you're required to disclose. If the car was totaled and now carries a salvage or rebuilt title, read selling a salvage or rebuilt title car.
Getting in at Jeffco's Arvada counter
Jefferson County lists its in-person motor vehicle services as by appointment only (Jeffco Motor Vehicle), and new slots open two weeks at a time (Jeffco scheduling). If you're selling privately to a buyer on the Jefferson County side who needs the counter, check that calendar before you agree on a handover date, not after.
The same goes for your own errands there. Jeffco's week ends on Thursday (county hours), so a Friday drive to Wadsworth Blvd is likely to find the office shut; book the slot first.
Jefferson County's Arvada office, Suite 320
- •6510 Wadsworth Blvd #320, Arvada, CO 80003, is the Jefferson County motor vehicle office in Arvada (Jeffco office list)
- •Monday to Thursday, generally 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m., the hours the county lists for every one of its offices (Jeffco office list)
- •Appointment required. Jefferson County requires one at all of its offices (Jeffco office list)
- •For Jefferson County residents. Only people who live in the county can get title and registration services there (Jeffco registrations)
Asked by Arvada sellers
Is Jefferson County's Arvada office open on Fridays?
No Friday hours are listed: the county's offices generally keep a Monday-to-Thursday week (Jeffco locations). On the Adams County side, Friday is a regular lobby day, 8 to 4 except holidays (Adams lobby hours).
I live on the Adams County side of Arvada. Can I use the Wadsworth Blvd office?
No. That office belongs to Jefferson County, which limits title and registration services to its own residents (Jefferson County Clerk). Adams County's offices include Westminster, at 8452 Federal Blvd. (Adams County offices)
Is there a registration renewal kiosk in Arvada?
Adams County lists one at the Arvada King Soopers, 8031 Wadsworth Blvd. (Adams County kiosks)
My Arvada car still has dents from the May 2017 hail. Is it worth asking for an offer?
Yes. Hail damage doesn't stop a sale: describe where the dents are and whether any glass broke, and our buying partner makes the offer on the car as you describe it. That storm hit cars across Denver's western suburbs, Arvada included (National Weather Service).
The county line changes the counter, not the rules of the sale. How the title is signed over, whether the buyer is owed an emissions test and what becomes of your plates are the same statewide, laid out in our Colorado selling guide. To look up who handles titles where your buyer lives, try the DMV office finder.