Sell your car in Tulsa: running, wrecked or with a salvage title
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Keeping a Tulsa car clear of a ticket or tow
- No more than 24 hours on a street. City code bars leaving any vehicle unattended on a public street, alley or other public way for more than 24 hours. An officer can post a red sticker, and if the car hasn't moved 24 hours later, it can be impounded (Section 519).
- A dustless surface in the yard. Tulsa bars parking in yards or on grass, dirt or untreated gravel. A driveway or parking area has to be an approved dustless surface (City of Tulsa).
- Fewer than two unpaid tickets. A vehicle with two or more unpaid traffic summons counts as a public nuisance, and after notice it can be booted or towed (Section 505).
Where we pick up around Tulsa
We pick up anywhere in Tulsa, from downtown (74103) to east Tulsa (74128). A Broken Arrow address (74012) runs on the same timeline as one downtown, and so does one in Owasso, Jenks, Bixby or Glenpool. Sand Springs, Sapulpa and Claremore are covered too. The city rules on this page stop at the Tulsa city limits; Broken Arrow, for example, writes its own (see the questions below).
Got a code notice on the car? Tulsa 311's Self Service Portal lets you look up code cases by address under “Search, Code Case,” and the results show every case on the property since 2018 (City of Tulsa).
Cash for your car in Tulsa
Tulsa's nuisance code gives a car that won't run 48 hours. After that, no one may keep a dismantled, inoperable, junked or abandoned vehicle in the open on public or private property unless it is completely inside a building or kept where zoning allows it (Title 24, Section 301). The city's code enforcement page lists the signs it looks for: flat tires, missing parts, out-of-date tags or a missing license plate (City of Tulsa).
We buy junk cars in Tulsa whether they are old, wrecked or flood-damaged, even with a salvage or flood brand on the title. Cash for cars in Tulsa doesn't depend on the car running: tell us the year, make and model and what's wrong with it, and you get a cash offer with free pickup wherever the car sits. Our page on selling a junk car explains the rest.
Already pulled the engine? Tulsa's definition counts the major parts too: bodies, engines, transmissions, frames and rear ends (Section 300). The city also lists auto parts among the things that can't be stored outside, and that means the backyard, a porch or the space under a carport as well.
If the engine or transmission has quit, selling a car with a blown engine or head gasket and selling a car whose transmission slips or has no reverse lay out the fix-or-sell math. For flood or wreck damage, see selling a flood- or accident-damaged car, and if the insurer declared it a total loss, selling a totaled car.
Tulsa's junked-car deadlines
- •The owner has 10 business days after notice to remove the car or house it in a building where it can't be seen from the street or other property. The city can extend that for an obvious hardship (source)
- •If it isn't moved in time, an order of abatement goes to the Chief of Police, who certifies the car's sale value and has it removed and stored (source)
- •The owner then has 30 calendar days to reclaim it by paying the removal and storage costs. After that, it may be sold without further notice (source)
- •Failing to remove it after notice is an offense under city code: a fine of up to $1,200, up to 180 days in jail, or both, and each day counts separately (source)
Asked by Tulsa sellers
Can I fix my car up at the curb before selling it in Tulsa?
Not in the street. Tulsa's traffic code says no one may repair, wash or service a vehicle on any street, alley or roadway without permission from the Chief of Police or a designee (Section 523). At home, the rule that matters is about businesses: the city's code enforcement list names auto repair and on-going sales among those not allowed in residential areas.
Where does a car towed by Tulsa police end up?
Not in the police property room, which doesn't store vehicles. Cars that Tulsa police officers impound and tow are kept at a tow yard at 1011 N. Lewis Ave. The department's property FAQ names the yard.
What do I do about my PIKEPASS after I sell my car in Tulsa?
Take the sold car off your account. In February 2023 the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority moved the Creek Turnpike through the Tulsa metro to cashless PlatePay tolling, where cameras photograph the plate and the registered owner gets the bill (OTA). PIKEPASS customers are asked to keep their vehicle information up to date. If a PlatePay invoice still arrives for a car you've sold, PlatePay's FAQ points to its Affidavit of Non-Liability, or you can call 1-800-PIKEPASS (PlatePay).
Does Tulsa's junk-car rule apply in Broken Arrow?
No. Tulsa's chapter covers property in the City of Tulsa, and Broken Arrow has its own. There, a partly dismantled, non-running, wrecked or junked car can't sit in the open for more than 48 hours either, and once a red-tag notice is posted, the owner has five days to remove it, repair it or enclose it in a building. After that, police can cite the owner or have the car towed at the owner's expense (Broken Arrow Code, Section 15-6).
Title and tag paperwork in Tulsa goes through Service Oklahoma's licensed operators, formerly called tag agents, and our Oklahoma selling guide has each statewide step.