Sell your car in Bellevue: running, flooded or dead, PCS orders or not
PCS orders out of Offutt Air Force Base, or a car in your Bellevue driveway that stopped running? You get an offer the same day you ask. If you're on orders, pickup gets set for a day that fits your out-processing. Below: what the base's resale lot charges, where plates go in Sarpy County, and what Bellevue's code says about cars that can't be driven.
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From Offutt's TMO to a turn-in outside Nebraska
- Check the car against the new country. Military OneSource says host countries set their own requirements for foreign vehicles, and some restrict them. Confirm yours qualifies before you plan around shipping it.
- Visit the outbound transportation office. Offutt's Traffic Management Office (TMO) Outbound is in Building 323C at 705 Nelson Drive, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Shipping time limits vary by service branch, so set your dates there.
- Book the turn-in, then plan the drive. Turn-in appointments are made on PCSmyPOV. As of September 2026, none of the processing centers on its list is in Nebraska. Its St. Louis center is in Pontoon Beach, Illinois, and its Denver center is in Aurora, Colorado.
Where we pick up around Bellevue
We buy cars all over Bellevue. The DoD's housing notes for Offutt describe Bellevue as adjacent to the base and put Papillion about 8 miles away, and pickup covers both. In Bellevue that means Olde Towne's 68005, the 68123 side toward the base and base-adjacent addresses on 68113. Pickup also reaches La Vista, Gretna, Springfield and La Platte, and Plattsmouth across the Platte. The truck doesn't drive onto the base. Living in base housing at Capehart, Coffman Heights or Fort Crook? Pickup happens at a spot you pick off base, or just outside a gate.
Dead battery inside the fence? Since pickup is off base, a car in base housing has to get out the gate first. Auto Hobby's March 2026 price sheet lists a battery charge and start at $10 and a jump, on or off base, at $25 to $40. A service call, when one is available, is $40.
Offutt's resale lot, government shipping, or a sale
On base, the 55th Force Support Squadron's Auto Hobby shop runs a secure storage lot and a resale lot where you can leave a car for sale. The resale lot's price and the shop's hours are in the list below. Anyone who comes to look at a car there has to get through the gate. Visitor passes come from the Visitor Control Center next to the Strategic Command Gate.
Headed overseas? First ask whether your new installation takes privately owned vehicles. If it does, shipping one car is generally paid for by the government, per Military OneSource. Storage under the government's contract costs you nothing per month, while a commercial lot you pick yourself can leave you paying whatever runs over the government's cap. The shipping steps from Offutt are further down.
The third option is an offer from us, with pickup set around your out-processing. Selling your car before a PCS move has its own guide.
Cash for your car in Bellevue
Bellevue City Code, Sections 19-40 through 19-43, requires all vehicles to be kept in operable condition. Code Enforcement issues violation notices for vehicles that can't be driven on the road. The city's examples are flat tires, cars up on jacks and obviously missing parts. The zoning code adds that every vehicle, campers and trailers included, must be parked on a hard surface.
Cars like that get offers, and so do flood-damaged and flood-branded ones. Before you sell a junk car in Bellevue, see how our junk car sales work.
For flood damage, selling a damaged car covers what buyers check and what you must disclose; if the insurer already declared it a total loss, selling a totaled car explains the salvage title that comes next. If the engine is what quit, see selling a car with a seized engine or blown head gasket.
Where to go for the resale lot, a visitor pass, plates or a code notice
- •Auto Hobby, Building 362, 105 Union Lane on Offutt: the resale lot costs $10 a week or $30 a month, with no refunds. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; closed Wednesday, Sunday and federal and DoD holidays (55th FSS)
- •Visitor Control Center, 478 Butler Blvd., beside the Strategic Command Gate: weekdays 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed federal holidays and Air Combat Command/55th Wing Family Days (MilitaryINSTALLATIONS)
- •Sarpy County Treasurer, motor vehicles, 1102 E. 1st Street, Papillion: weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., 402-593-2148 (Sarpy County)
- •Bellevue Code Enforcement, 1500 Wall Street: weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 402-293-3050 (City of Bellevue)
Asked by Bellevue sellers
Does Offutt require me to register the car on base?
No. The Defense Department's installation guide says there is no requirement to register vehicles on Offutt Air Force Base. Every driver at the gate shows a valid ID card and must be ready to show the car's registration and insurance if asked. So when the car is sold, there's no base registration to cancel.
Can I hand in plates at the driver's license office on Maass Road?
No, plates go to Papillion. Sarpy County says titles, registration and plates are handled by the Sarpy County Treasurer's Office in the county's 1102 Building. The Nebraska DMV office on Maass Road in Bellevue handles driver's licenses, permits and ID cards.
My car has expired plates from my home state. Can Bellevue cite it?
Yes. Bellevue Code Enforcement says it can issue violation notices for expired plates no matter which state issued them. A car kept inside a garage at all times isn't a violation.
The car is still registered in Iowa from when we lived in Council Bluffs. Where do the plates go?
The Iowa DOT's seller checklist says to take the plates off and turn them in to your county treasurer's office. It also suggests keeping proof of the sale. One way is filing form 411107, the Notice of Sale of Vehicle and Delivery of Title, with the county where the car is registered. For the title itself, see our out-of-state title guide.
Police left a notice on my car parked on the street. How long do I have?
24 hours. Bellevue City Code Sec. 18-66 bars long, continuous street parking that gets in the way of traffic or street maintenance to the point of a nuisance. Once police give the owner written notice, the car has to be moved within 24 hours. If it isn't, the code says it's ordered impounded and the owner pays the costs and storage.
For what Nebraska asks of every seller, read our Nebraska selling guide.