Sell your car in Amarillo: hail-scarred, expired or still running
On the Amarillo City Marshal's list of complaint types, a junk vehicle is one with expired registration that is also wrecked, dismantled, discarded or inoperable. Ask our buying partner for a cash offer online, and free pickup comes to the car whether it's parked in Potter County or Randall County.
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When six violations can mean an impound
- The count that matters. The court lists six or more civil nuisance violations in the past 12 months as one of the grounds for impounding a vehicle (Amarillo Municipal Court).
- Two bills to get it back. Releasing an impounded vehicle means paying all of the court's fees and, separately, the towing company for its costs (Municipal Court).
- The fees are paid at the court. Amarillo Municipal Court is at 201 SE 4th Ave. (City of Amarillo).
If those violations are piling up on a car you've stopped driving, checking what it would sell for costs nothing.
Where we pick up around Amarillo
Pickup is free on both sides of Amarillo's county line, in Potter County and Randall County, and in Canyon. A car with hail-broken glass, or one that hasn't run since its registration lapsed, is collected where it's parked, whether that's a driveway, a side yard or a shop lot; say which when you ask for the offer.
Not a county office. TxDMV's Amarillo Regional Service Center, 5715 Canyon Dr., Bldg. H, is a state office, separate from both county tax offices (TxDMV Amarillo center).
Cash for your car in Amarillo
The City Marshal's junk-vehicle complaint pairs expired registration with a car that is wrecked, dismantled, discarded or inoperable (City Marshal). Complaints of that kind belong to the City Marshal's Office in the Simms Municipal Building, 810 S Buchanan St, Suite 104 (City of Amarillo).
A car that fits both halves doesn't have to be repaired or re-registered before it is sold. Our buying partner makes offers on wrecked and non-running cars. You get a week to say yes, and no obligation if you don't. The junk car offer page explains how pickup works when the car can't be driven, and selling a car with expired registration covers the registration side.
The storms of 2013 and 2004
The May 28, 2013 hailstorm damaged an estimated 35,000 vehicles in Amarillo, and insured losses were expected to reach $400 million, Insurance Journal reported that June (Insurance Journal). On June 21, 2004, an earlier storm brought numerous reports of baseball to softball size hail, mainly west of Interstate 27 (NWS Amarillo).
A car still wearing dents from a storm like those, or one an insurer paid out as a total loss, can get an offer as it is. The total loss threshold by state shows where Texas draws that line, and selling a damaged car treats hail on its own.
If an insurer paid for hail repairs that were never made, say so in the description, along with the dents that are still there.
Asked by Amarillo sellers
Does expired registration alone make my car a junk vehicle in Amarillo?
No. The City Marshal's junk-vehicle complaint type needs both: expired registration and a car that is wrecked, dismantled, discarded or inoperable (City of Amarillo). Lapsed registration on a car that is none of those four doesn't fit that description.
My buyer lives on the Randall County side. Where is that tax office?
TxDMV lists the Randall County Tax Office at 501 16th St., Ste. 200, in Canyon (TxDMV).
How do I get an impounded car released in Amarillo?
Go to the Municipal Court, 201 SE 4th Ave., and pay all of the court's fees; the towing company's costs are paid to the towing company (Amarillo Municipal Court).
Where is Amarillo's City Marshal's Office?
In the Simms Municipal Building at 810 S Buchanan St, Suite 104. Junk vehicles are one of the complaint types it lists (City Marshal).
Potter or Randall, the Texas rules for signing the title and dealing with the plates don't change, and the Texas selling guide sets them out once for the whole state. Need the office for a particular address? The office finder links each state's own locator.
The buyer's county decides the counter
- •Two counties. Amarillo spans Potter County and Randall County, so which county tax office handles the title depends on the buyer's county. Ask the buyer which county they live in before you plan the trip. (TxDMV Randall listing)
- •Potter County Tax Office, 900 S. Polk, Suite 106. It handles title work for the Potter County side of the city, downtown included; its mailing address is P.O. Box 2289. TxDMV posts no hours for it and asks Potter County customers to check on the office before traveling. (TxDMV Potter listing)
- •Randall County Tax Office, 501 16th St., Ste. 200, Canyon. That is the address TxDMV lists for Randall County. (TxDMV Randall listing)