Sell your car in Flint: running, crash-damaged or stopped running
Flint Assembly has been building vehicles since 1947 and is now known for heavy-duty pickups. If you're selling one of those trucks, or any other car, get an instant offer online and we come to where it's parked in Genesee County.
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If the car gets a Flint blight ticket
- Where it goes. Neighborhood Safety Officers write blight tickets for the city, and the Administrative Hearings Bureau, often called the city's Blight Court, handles them at 1101 S. Saginaw St.
- How to answer. The bureau's form AHB017 lets you admit responsibility, or deny it and request a hearing.
- What it can cost. The city's fiscal 2027 fee schedule lists a blight violation fine of $250 to $10,000, plus $250 in hearings bureau costs and a $100 default fee. The bureau can reduce fines for owners who cooperate and aren't repeat offenders.
Where we pick up around Flint
Pickup covers all of Genesee County, from any Flint address to Burton (48509), Flint Township and Grand Blanc Township, the largest suburb, and on to Fenton, Davison or Clio. A job site, a barn or the curb out front all work: tell us where the car or truck is parked.
Alert Flint: the city declares snow emergencies through its free notification system. If the car you're selling is parked on the street, sign up by texting "Flint" to 99411, or register online with a Flint address.
Cash for your car in Flint
In Flint, a car that has stopped running can become police business. The department's Traffic Division runs a Neighborhood Safety Officer Program that focuses on blight and abandoned vehicles. In a May 2022 enforcement push, the department said abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property would get a ticket giving the owner 14 days to remove them, then a tow if they stayed.
Cash for cars in Flint, MI doesn't depend on the car starting. The offer is based on condition and what the vehicle can still do, a non-runner gets the tow priced in, and we come to where it sits. For a car that will only ever be parts, cash for junk cars in Flint starts on our junk car page.
If the engine or the transmission is what stopped it, selling a car with a blown engine or head gasket and selling a car whose transmission slips or goes into limp mode each weigh fixing it against selling it as is. If the insurer called it a total loss after a crash, selling a totaled car explains the payout, buying it back and the salvage title.
Asked by Flint sellers
Which Secretary of State office should I use in Flint?
Flint has two: the East Third Street office at 310 E. Third St. and the Fenton Road office at 5512 Fenton Road. Genesee County also has offices in Clio, at 4256 W. Vienna Road, and Davison, at 300 N. Main St. The Secretary of State (SOS), Michigan's version of the DMV, strongly recommends scheduling a visit online or at 888-SOS-MICH (888-767-6424). If you walk in without one, staff give you the next open time, which may be later that day or the next business day. Standard hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and offices open at 10 a.m. on the first Thursday of the month.
My car won't start and it's parked on a Flint street. What happens when it snows?
Once the city declares a snow emergency, it asks residents to keep cars off public streets so crews can plow, and a car left there may be ticketed and removed at the owner's expense. The city is split into six plow areas, with downtown as a separate seventh, and crews go out to all six when more than four inches of snow falls within 24 hours. These are City of Flint rules; Flint Township is run separately.
Where can I meet a private buyer safely in Flint?
At the police department. In October 2025, after several robberies during meetups for items sold on social media, Flint police offered their facility as a place to make the exchange and said the site is video-monitored. The department is at 210 E. Fifth St.; call the front desk at 810-237-6800 before you go.
The car was in a crash in Flint. How do I get the police report?
Ask the Flint Police Department; its front desk is 810-237-6800. The city's fiscal 2027 fee schedule charges $13 for a copy of an accident or incident report. Our guide to selling a damaged car covers what to tell a buyer about the damage.
Signing the title over, what happens to the plate and the buyer's side of the transfer are covered on our Michigan selling guide.