Sell your car in Shreveport: running, broken down or leaving Barksdale

Which office handles each option

• Outbound TMO, 801 Kenny Ave., Suite 3400. Bring your orders and ask whether they cover shipping or storing the car. Monday through Thursday it takes appointments 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and walk-ins 1 to 4 p.m.; Fridays are appointment only.
• If it ships: the Dallas VPC, 1123 Mineral Springs Rd., Arlington, Texas. Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, closed weekends and federal holidays. It asks you to send your documents before the appointment.
• If it goes on the Lemon Lot: the Auto Hobby, 400 Rickenbacker Ave. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you sell to us instead, the pickup comes to your address.

Where we pick up around Shreveport

Car parked in base housing? Barksdale's gate page (March 2026) says all commercial vehicles must enter and exit through the East Gate off Industrial Drive, open 5:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on weekdays and closed weekends and federal holidays. Say in the form that the car is on base, so the pickup can be planned around those gate hours.

Ship it, store it or sell it: what your orders allow

Per Military OneSource, moving a car between two duty stations in the continental U.S. is largely your own cost, with mileage and some travel costs reimbursed. A move to or from a duty station outside the continental U.S. can include shipping or storing one car at government expense.

Shipping goes through the military's Global POV Contract, booked on the PCSmyPOV site, and the nearest vehicle processing center on its list is in Arlington, Texas. Turn-in is by appointment only, with a quarter tank of fuel or less and documented proof of no open electrical or fire recalls. That center also asks for no cracks in the windshield or windows; a cracked one has to be replaced before the car ships.

Selling has an on-base route: the Auto Hobby's fee list prices a spot on the base resale lot, the Lemon Lot, at $25 a month. A buyer without base access needs a visitor pass to see it there (see the questions below). Or ask us for an offer: you get it the same day, and the pickup is scheduled around your report date. Our guide to selling a car before a PCS move covers the timing from any base.

Cash for your car in Shreveport

A dead car in a Shreveport driveway can turn into a code case. Section 38-31 of the city code calls a vehicle inoperable if it can't legally be driven on public streets: unlicensed, wrecked, junked, partly dismantled, unable to move under its own power, or sitting on one or more flat tires. Keeping one anywhere but inside a fully enclosed garage or building is unlawful. Once the Department of Property Standards serves written notice, you have ten days to comply, and you can appeal the notice to environmental court.

Selling the car is one way to clear a notice. Get an instant offer, and we come to you for the pickup, so the car never has to be driven. If it's past fixing, our junk car page explains how those sales work.

Ten days is not long to get a car fixed, so check first whether the repair is worth it: selling a car with an overheating or knocking engine and selling a car with a failing transmission or CVT weigh each repair bill against selling as is. After a crash, selling a wrecked car covers what buyers check.

Checking your car's trade-in value in Shreveport?

A dealer's trade-in figure comes bundled with the price of the next car, and part of what it is worth is tax. OMV figures the sales tax on the next car's price minus a qualifying trade-in, at the rate for where the car is domiciled. Inside Shreveport city limits on the Caddo Parish side, a $10,000 trade-in cuts the parish and city tax on the next car by $460. Add that saving to the dealer's number before you compare it with an instant offer.

Rates for Bossier City and nearby towns are in the list below. Our guide to trading in versus selling covers the rest of the comparison.

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