Sell your car in Plano: running, junked or stuck at the curb
Plano makes it unlawful to leave a car on a city street or alley for more than 15 consecutive days without driving it at least 100 feet, and keeping a junked car in public view can bring a fine of up to $200 for each day it continues. Get a cash offer online; the pickup is free and meets the car wherever it's parked.
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If Plano serves a junked-vehicle notice
- The hearing waits until at least day 11. If you request one, it is held no earlier than the 11th day after the notice was served (Plano ordinance).
- The car is presumed inoperable. At the hearing, the junked vehicle is presumed inoperable unless the owner shows otherwise (Plano ordinance).
- The court can enforce the order. The ordinance authorizes Plano Municipal Court to hold hearings and enforce orders under Chapter 683 (Plano ordinance).
- Or sell before the date. Asking our buying partner for an offer is free, and you have a week to accept it.
Where we pick up around Plano
The truck comes free to any Plano address, and to the rest of Collin County up to McKinney, whether the car is parked in the street, an alley or a garage.
Kroger renews, it doesn't transfer. Participating Kroger and Tom Thumb stores in Collin County can renew a vehicle registration, but a title transfer still goes through a county tax office such as the one on Park Blvd. (Collin County)
Cash for your car in Plano
Plano ties its rule to the state's. Under the ordinance the City Council passed on September 13, 2021, any vehicle considered junked under Chapter 683 of the Texas Transportation Code is declared junked and a public nuisance. Section 12-206 makes it an offense to allow or maintain one in any place, on private or public property, in view of the public or on a public right-of-way. The fine can reach $200, and each day the violation continues is a separate offense (Plano ordinance, 2021).
If the city ends up removing a junked car, the ordinance lets it go to a scrapyard, a motor vehicle demolisher or another site that processes scrap or salvage, and it may not be rebuilt. Selling it first keeps that choice with you. Our buying partner makes offers on cars in exactly that state, free and with no obligation, and our junk car page explains how a scrap-value sale works.
Weighing one last repair against the scrap price? Fix it or junk it runs that comparison.
Plano's 15-day limit at the curb
Section 12-121 makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park a car you own or control on a city street or alley, or let it remain there, for more than 15 consecutive calendar days without operating it and moving it at least 100 feet in that time (Plano ordinance). Nudging it a few feet doesn't reset the count, and a car that won't start can't be operated at all, so a dead car at the curb simply runs out of days.
If it died where it's parked, selling a car that doesn't run lays out who buys one and what they pay. Tell us it's on the street or in the alley when you ask for the offer.
Asked by Plano sellers
Can Plano come onto my property to remove a junked car?
Yes. Under the ordinance as passed in 2021, a person the city manager authorizes may enter private property to remove a junked vehicle (Plano ordinance). A car you sell before then leaves on your terms instead.
Does pushing the car down the block reset Plano's 15-day street count?
No. Section 12-121 asks for the car to be operated and moved at least 100 feet during the 15 consecutive days (Plano ordinance).
Does Plano's junked-vehicle rule reach a car in the back yard?
If the public can see it, yes. The offense in Section 12-206 covers keeping a junked vehicle in any place, on private or public property, in view of the public or on a public right-of-way (Plano ordinance).
I sold my car in Plano. How do I take it off my TollTag?
Log in to the account, click Manage Vehicles, find the license plate and press Deactivate in the Actions column, NTTA's instructions say (NTTA).
What you sign and file as the seller, and what happens to your plates, comes from state rules rather than from Plano; our Texas selling page has the steps. If a junk car's title has gone missing, junking a car without a title covers each state's rule.
Plano's county tax office
- •900 E. Park Blvd. is the Collin County Tax Office's Plano location, open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; call (972) 881-3014. (Collin County)
- •Title transfers stop half an hour early. They aren't available within 30 minutes of closing, so don't plan one for the last stretch of the day. (Collin County appointments page)
- •TxDMV's directory points to McKinney. It lists the county tax office at 2300 Bloomdale Rd., Suite 2302, McKinney, but Plano sellers have the Park Blvd. office in town. (TxDMV)