Sell your car in Toms River: running, not running or on PCS orders
Get an instant cash offer online and a pickup anywhere in Ocean County, barrier island included. If you're leaving Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on orders, the pickup can be set around them.
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Offer, pickup, payment
- Get the offer online. Fill in the car's details and you get the offer today.
- Book the pickup. It is often within a couple of days.
- Hand over the keys and the title. Payment is on the spot.
Where we pick up around Toms River
We pick up anywhere in Toms River, from downtown out to Ortley Beach, and across the rest of Ocean County and the towns inland. That takes in the towns on its borders, among them Lakewood, Jackson, Manchester, Brick and Berkeley Township, and Seaside Heights on the barrier island, plus Point Pleasant. In summer, Military OneSource's guide to the joint base warns that heavy Jersey Shore beach traffic can bring major delays to commutes from Toms River and Jackson. A weekday pickup is easier to keep than one on a summer weekend.
If a storm put water in the car: the township's 2024 flood notice says its flood hazard areas sit near Barnegat Bay, the Toms River, Long Swamp Creek, Silver Bay, Polhemus Creek and the ocean, and that flooding mostly comes during and after hurricanes, tropical storms and nor'easters (Toms River Township, 2024). If your street is near one of them, read our guide to selling a flood-damaged car first; whether an insurer paid a claim decides what you owe a buyer.
Cash for your car in Toms River
Toms River Township's code enforcement FAQ says an unregistered vehicle can't be parked anywhere on a residential property unless it is inside an enclosed structure, such as a garage, and no vehicle may be parked on grass, mulch or any other surface not meant for one. So a car that quit running and lost its registration can't wait on the side lawn or at the end of the driveway.
If that is the car you have, cash for cars in Toms River starts the same way as any other sale here: the offer is online, and we come to you. If you want to sell a junk car in Toms River, our junk car page explains how that sale works.
After a storm or a crash, an insurer may declare the car a total loss, and selling a totaled car explains the payout, the buyback and the salvage title. For a car that quit running on its own, see selling a car with a slipping or dead transmission or selling a car with a blown engine or head gasket.
Leaving JB MDL on PCS orders
Shipping: on an overseas move, the government generally pays to ship one vehicle, if your new installation allows it. In New Jersey, turn-in is by appointment at the PCS vehicle program's processing center, 47 Kilmer Road in Edison, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Storage: the same program can store the car; you bring a storage authorization letter from your transportation or personal property office. The base's own gated lots at Dix and McGuire, set up for RVs, campers, boats and trailers, take only people assigned to JB MDL who live within 50 miles, and only insured, registered vehicles in working condition.
Selling: the 87th Force Support Squadron's resale lot sits at Delaware Avenue and Airfield Road on the Dix side, at $25 a month for vehicles up to 24 feet. A car can stay two 30-day periods in a row, then has to leave for at least 30 days. You sign it up at the Auto Hobby Shop, Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with current registration and proof of insurance, and your name on the registration or a power of attorney. If you sell it outright instead, start with our guide to selling a car before a PCS move.
Which MVC office does what
- •The NJ MVC building at 1861 Hooper Avenue (Village Square), the motor vehicle agency many people still call the NJ DMV, is a licensing center: licenses, permits and IDs. It also takes license plate returns without an appointment, and most MVC locations have a drop box (NJ MVC)
- •Title transfers, duplicate titles and plate transactions need an appointment at a vehicle center, such as Lakewood (1195 Route 70, Leisure Center, Store 9) or Manahawkin (712 East Bay Avenue) (NJ MVC)
- •Both kinds of center open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, and close on Sundays (NJ MVC)
Asked by Toms River sellers
Where can I meet a private buyer safely in Toms River?
At the Safe Exchange Zone in the Toms River Police Department parking lot, 255 Oak Avenue: two spaces along the building, marked with green striping and signs. It is open 24 hours a day under video surveillance, and the department asks for daylight meetings when possible. Township employees won't act as witnesses or take part in the sale.
I have NJ E-ZPass. What do I change after the car is sold?
Take the tag out and update the vehicle list on your account. The NJ E-ZPass terms (June 2026) hold you responsible for the tolls charged to your account. They ask you to keep the plates for every vehicle on it current, because a toll is posted by plate when a tag isn't read, and they say a tag must come out of any vehicle under tow, or the tow's tolls can be charged to you. Left in the sold car, your tag can still be charged at the Parkway's Toms River toll plaza.
I live on JB MDL. Is there a base vehicle registration to cancel when I sell?
No. Military OneSource's page for the joint base says JB MDL does not have a vehicle registration mandate, so there is no base registration to cancel.
Can a buyer without a military ID come to my housing on the Lakehurst side of JB MDL?
Only through the base's visitor access process. The Army's Fort Dix page for the joint base says all types of visitor access are coordinated at the McGuire Welcome Center, just outside the McGuire Main Gate, open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Main Gate Lakehurst is open 24 hours. Sort out what your buyer needs before you set a time.
Our New Jersey selling page shows the seller's part of the title and the bill of sale.