Sell your car in Grand Junction: running, broken down or a project car
To sell your car in Grand Junction, CO, get a cash offer online or by phone. It doesn't depend on who happens to be shopping in Mesa County this month. Accept it, and pickup comes to your address anywhere in the Grand Valley, where the title and keys change hands in your driveway.
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Title paperwork without the counter
- Try myDMV first. Mesa County's Skip the Trip page sends you to the Colorado DMV's myDMV site, where the "Vehicle Services" tab lists what the Division of Motor Vehicles handles online.
- Use a county packet. The same page has packets you download and send in. The title-maintenance packet covers a name change, adding or removing an owner, or a paid-off loan, when you hold the original Colorado title.
- Pay without going in. A payment authorization form lets you pay by credit card or e-check. If no packet fits, the county's motor vehicle line is 970-244-1664.
Where we pick up around Grand Junction
We come to your address anywhere in the Grand Valley, from Fruita to Palisade along the river, out to Loma and down to Whitewater, with Clifton (81520), Orchard Mesa and the Redlands in between. Pickup is free, the offer doesn't shrink with the drive, and you don't have to take a questionable car over the Grand Mesa or to a parking-lot meetup.
Car stuck on a city street? Grand Junction police may treat a car on the street as abandoned if it isn't properly registered and looks inoperable. They can red-tag it, and if it isn't moved within 72 hours it may be towed.
The police station's Safe 2 Trade Zone
Selling to a stranger yourself? The Grand Junction Police Department invites you to meet at its building at 555 Ute Avenue. The lobby is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and two well-lit spaces in the parking lot are set aside for trades before or after those hours. The lobby and the lot are on recorded video 24 hours a day. You don't need an appointment, and no officer watches the deal.
Its tips: meet in public, don't go alone, keep personal and financial information to yourself, and avoid money-wiring services. If someone won't meet you at the police department, it says, you may have just avoided a scam.
Cash for your car in Grand Junction
Inside city limits, Grand Junction allows at most two inoperable vehicles on a property. They must belong to the owner or the person living there, be kept for repair or restoration, sit on the rear half of the lot and be screened or covered from sight. Once you've given up on fixing a car, that allowance no longer covers it. Cash for junk cars in Grand Junction starts with a junk car offer, and the pickup at your address is free.
Whether a repair project is still worth finishing depends on what broke. Our guides on a blown head gasket or a seized engine, a slipping or failed transmission and accident or frame damage each set the cost of fixing against selling the car as it is.
Three county motor vehicle offices
- •The county motor vehicle office here is run by the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder. Its main office is in the Central Services Building at 200 S. Spruce St., open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mesa County)
- •The Clifton office at 3270 D 1/2 Road keeps the same weekday hours (Mesa County)
- •The Fruita office at 325 E. Aspen Ave. opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mesa County)
Asked by Grand Junction sellers
Does Grand Junction's two-car limit apply in Clifton or on Orchard Mesa?
Not if your address is outside city limits. Mesa County lists Clifton, Fruitvale, the Redlands and Orchard Mesa as unincorporated communities, and the county's land code allows one intact inoperable or unlicensed vehicle in ordinary view. Any more must be removed or kept behind a solid fence, evergreens or inside a building; a tarp alone isn't enough. County Code Compliance investigates complaints about them.
Code enforcement says a car at my Grand Junction house is a violation. How long do I have?
City officers work with owners and tenants to fix it in a reasonable time, commonly 10 days. If it isn't corrected by then, a Notice of Violation may follow, and ignoring that can bring fines or a summons to Grand Junction Municipal Court. Code enforcement's number is 970-244-1593.
Do I need an appointment at the Mesa County motor vehicle office?
No. Walk-ins are welcome on weekdays. If you'd like a set time at the main office in the Central Services Building, you can book, change or cancel one online.
Who handles abandoned cars in Fruita, Palisade or the rest of Mesa County?
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office says to report one to the Fruita or Palisade police inside those towns, to the Sheriff's Office in unincorporated areas, and to the Colorado State Patrol on state highways. Its FAQ page lists a number for each. Grand Junction police handle abandoned cars only inside the city.
Mesa County isn't one of the nine counties in Colorado's emissions program; if your buyer lives in one of them, our Colorado page explains what the seller has to provide.