Sell your car in Fort Worth: running or junk, work trucks included
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Selling in Fort Worth, step by step
- 01Get the instant offer. Checking your car trade-in value in Fort Worth first? The offer gives you a number to compare (see our trade-in guide).
- 02Tell us how to reach it. Mention a gate, gravel lane or soft pasture ground when you schedule, so the driver brings the right rig the first time.
- 03Get paid before it leaves. You're paid at pickup, before the truck leaves your property.
Where we pick up around Fort Worth
Free pickup covers Fort Worth and the cities around it: Arlington to the east, Keller, North Richland Hills and Saginaw to the north, Burleson and Benbrook to the south, Azle and Weatherford to the west. Farm trucks and ranch vehicles in Parker, Johnson and Wise counties are routine too: unpaved driveways, pasture gates and properties outside Weatherford are regular stops if a flatbed can reach the vehicle.
Have a TollTag? NTTA ties each tag to one vehicle and plate. After pickup, click Deactivate on that plate under Manage Vehicles, or visit NTTA's Fort Worth center at 4987 South Hulen St., open Saturdays too. Removing the sticker destroys it, so ask for a free replacement for your next car (NTTA).
When a work truck can't stay parked at home
Fort Worth bans parking oversized commercial vehicles on residentially zoned property: 15,000 pounds gross weight or more, or built for over 15 passengers. The city's list names dump trucks and stake-bed trucks, and violations can reach $200 a day (City of Fort Worth).
Done with it? Selling it clears the driveway. We buy work trucks with rough beds and 220,000 miles. A business loan on it is fine: the lender is paid first and you get the balance, so have the payoff quote ready. Say what it hauled and list any flatbed, toolboxes or plow so the driver knows what they're loading.
Where title paperwork goes in Fort Worth
Title transfers go through the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector, the county tax office that handles Texas DMV (TxDMV) title work. Its main office is at 100 E. Weatherford Street downtown, with branches at 3212 Miller Avenue in Poly and 6551 Granbury Road, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Tarrant County).
Cash for your car in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Code Compliance lists what makes a car on private property "junked": no current registration sticker and plate; wrecked or partly dismantled; not running for over 20 consecutive days; visible from another property. A junked car can be towed and destroyed after a formal hearing (City of Fort Worth).
Looking up cash for junk cars in Fort Worth because one has sat for weeks? It can still get an instant offer, and pickup is free. More on selling a junk car.
If it has sat because a head gasket blew or the engine started knocking, selling a car or truck with engine problems helps you judge whether the repair is worth it; a transmission that slips or drops into limp mode has its own guide, selling a vehicle with a bad transmission. For a wreck, see selling an accident-damaged car.
Asked by Fort Worth sellers
Do I have to take the title paperwork to the Tarrant County tax office myself?
Not always. Tarrant County says private-sale papers go to the buyer's or lienholder's county, and the buyer, seller or lienholder can file them. A seller who files also needs a permission letter from the buyer and the buyer's ID.
The title is lost and the truck is out in Parker County. Where do I get a replacement?
TxDMV's Fort Worth Regional Service Center, 2425 Gravel Drive, issues replacement titles and serves Parker County too. Appointments open for today and the next two days: (817) 285-1500. See our no-title guide.
How do I sell my junk car in Fort Worth after a neighbor complains?
Questions about a junked car on private property go to Code Compliance at 817-392-1234 or the MyFW app. A car left on the street goes to police non-emergency dispatch at 817-392-4222. Selling it works like any car: instant offer, free pickup.
The car is gone, but its old tires and battery are still in the garage. Where do they go?
Fort Worth residents can use the city's four drop-off stations for passenger tires (four per household every six months), auto batteries and automotive fluids in labeled containers. Bring a water bill from the last six months and matching driver's license. Open Tuesday through Saturday.
Statewide steps, like signing the title, the plates and the Texas transfer notice, are on our Texas guide.
Three Fort Worth numbers to know
- •3rd in Texas for vehicle transactions — Tarrant County's count for its tax offices, so check wait times or reserve a spot in line online first (Tarrant County).
- •$180 for a standard tow — plus $22.85 a day in storage at the Fort Worth police auto pound (rates as of Oct. 1, 2023, Fort Worth Police). Selling first skips that bill.
- •27.6 miles of Chisholm Trail Parkway — NTTA's toll road from Fort Worth to Cleburne. Untagged plates are billed to the owner on DMV records, which can still be you after a sale (NTTA).