Sell your car in Kalispell: running, won't drive or missing parts
Wherever the car is parked, in Kalispell, next door in Evergreen or out around Flathead Lake, the pickup is free once you've taken a cash offer online.
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What a Flathead County buyer brings to the title counter
- The signed title or a bill of sale. For its 40-day temporary permit, the county accepts either the title properly signed off or a legal bill of sale with your original signature that lists the year, make, model and VIN and both of your names and addresses.
- Proof they live in the county. A current Montana driver's license or state ID works on its own. Otherwise the buyer can show property they own in the county, if the car will be titled in that same name, or two items with a local address, such as a current utility bill and a paystub. Rental or lease agreements and bank statements no longer count (county Motor Vehicles page).
- $20.09 for the permit. It's due when the permit is issued, and a buyer can buy only one (county FAQ).
Where we pick up around Kalispell
Pickup is free across Kalispell and Evergreen next door (59901), north to Columbia Falls (59912) and Whitefish (59937), Flathead County's second-largest city, and around Flathead Lake through Somers, Lakeside and Bigfork down to Polson. In summer, pickups along the lakeshore are booked with a wider time window, and they're still free.
Kalispell plows curb to curb. From November 1 through March 31, the city plows residential streets within 48 hours after a snowfall of more than 3 inches ends, and a car parked at the curb should expect snow to pile up around it. City crews won't be able to help remove that snow (city snow policy). If your car won't start and it's parked on the street, tell us where it is when you ask for the offer.
Cash for your car in Kalispell
Kalispell's city code doesn't let a junk vehicle stay on any property in the city where it can be seen from a public right-of-way, an alley or a private road, and a plastic tarp doesn't count as screening it (City Code § 19-36). The code treats a wrecked, dismantled or discarded vehicle as junk when it can't be driven and also has at least one of eight listed problems, such as a missing wheel, tire or battery, weeds over eight inches under it, or fluids leaking into the soil. After the city serves written notice, you have 10 days to comply. The council cut that from 30 days in 2025 (Flathead Beacon).
A car in that shape can still get an offer. Tell us what it does and doesn't do, and we'll quote it where it sits, whether that's the driveway, the side yard or a shop bay. If it's worth more as parts and scrap, our junk car page explains how that sale works.
If yours can't be driven, start with what stopped it: a wreck is covered in selling an accident-damaged car, a blown engine or head gasket in selling a car with engine problems, and a transmission that slips or has no reverse in selling a car with a bad transmission.
Kalispell's title and plate office
- •290 A North Main is the county treasurer's Motor Vehicle office, where Montana MVD title and plate work for Kalispell gets done. It's open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., with the information window open to 5:00 p.m. (Flathead County Motor Vehicles)
- •No appointments. Take a number from the dispenser next to the information window, the first window inside. (county FAQ)
- •Drop box next to the information window takes title paperwork, and envelopes are provided there. Personal checks, money orders and cashier's checks are made out to Flathead County Treasurer. (county title paperwork page)
- •Replacement titles, plates and decals can be done online through the state's MVD Your Way portal, the county's page says. (Flathead County Motor Vehicles)
Asked by Kalispell sellers
Will Flathead County haul junk cars in Kalispell away for free?
It will pick up qualifying junk vehicles anywhere in the county with no towing charge, through Flathead County Solid Waste's Junk Vehicle Program (Solid Waste). Its release form signs all rights and title in the car over to the State of Montana without payment to you. The vehicle has to weigh under 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, be cleared of garbage and license plates, and be reachable for loading. The program takes no electric or hybrid vehicles, boats, RVs or campers. Solid Waste is at 4098 Highway 93 North, (406) 758-5910.
Can I fix up a car in my Kalispell driveway without breaking the junk rule?
For up to 60 days. The code lets the occupant repair their own car in public view as long as the work is pursued to completion with reasonable diligence, for no more than 60 days. The occupant is responsible for a violation, with the head of the household counted as the occupant; on an empty property, the owner is (§ 19-36).
The car I'm selling has a Kalispell parking ticket. Where do I pay it?
At the Kalispell Police Department, in the Public Safety building at 312 1st Avenue East. The Kalispell Municipal Court doesn't take parking-ticket payments. Questions go to (406) 758-7711, the number on the court's parking ticket page.
How to sign a Montana title over and what to do with your plates are on our Montana selling page; for a title from another state, see our out-of-state title guide.