Sell your car in Huntington: running, high-mileage or flood-damaged
Ask for a cash offer on your car, truck or van, high-mileage crew cabs and fleet retirees included, and free pickup comes to you anywhere in Huntington. The city's street-parking limits, where junk-car tickets get paid, the streets that flood and the county tax form to fix after the sale are all on this page.
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From the curb to the county tax form
- Pick where it waits. Streets in the city's business district are no-parking from 2 to 6 a.m. (§ 361.29), so a car parked on one has to move before 2 a.m.
- The handoff. Your offer is built on the description you gave, so the driver checks the car against it. With the title checked and signed, payment happens before the car leaves.
- Then fix your county property return. On the Cabell side, the Assessor's personal property form covers what you owned on July 1, so draw a line through a car sold before then. One you still owned that day stays on, plates or not; the form says to include unlicensed vehicles. It is due October 1, and skipping it can cost $25 to $100.
Where we pick up around Huntington
Pickup is free across the city, including the West End and the Wayne County side of town. Past the city line it follows U.S. 60 east through Barboursville (25504) to Milton, and runs west through Ceredo to Kenova (25530) at the Kentucky line; Ona, Salt Rock, Lavalette and Culloden are covered as well. If your title is from Ohio or Kentucky, our out-of-state title guide covers signing it.
Paying a parking ticket or boot fee? Municipal Parking Board tickets and boot fees are paid at the board's office, 701 3rd Ave., or online, and the office line is 304-696-5540, option 5.
Cash for your car in Huntington
When Huntington code enforcement tickets a junked vehicle, it writes a pink citation, and that ticket is paid at the Jean Dean Public Safety Building, 10th Street entrance (city fines and tickets page).
Cash for cars in Huntington, WV covers that car too: the offer is for the car as it sits, and the pickup happens where it is parked. If scrap metal is all it's worth, ask for a junk car offer instead.
If a flood along Fourpole Creek or in Highlawn ended with your insurer totaling the car, selling a car your insurer totaled covers the salvage title that follows. For a high-mileage crew cab with a blown head gasket or a transmission stuck in limp mode, see selling a car or truck with a blown head gasket and selling a vehicle with a bad transmission.
Fourpole Creek, Highlawn and the river
The city's flood plan names its trouble spots: repeated flash floods along Fourpole Creek in Enslow Park, Southside and Harveytown, and flooding at 3rd Avenue and 24th Street and at 5th Avenue and 25th Street in Highlawn. Since the February 2025 storms, a new stream gauge on the creek sends early alerts as the water rises.
If your car sat in water on one of those streets, read our guide to selling a flood-damaged car first; it covers how an insurance claim changes the sale.
Two flood markers to know
- •NOAA's Ohio River gauge at Huntington counts 50 feet as minor flood stage (NOAA gauge HNTW2)
- •The city's flood plan also names the West End as a flood-prone neighborhood (City of Huntington flood plan)
Asked by Huntington sellers
How long can a car stay parked on a Huntington street?
48 consecutive hours at most, on any street or alley in the city (§ 361.18). A car waiting on a buyer is safer in a driveway.
Which WV DMV office handles Huntington, and do I need an appointment?
The Huntington regional office at 801 Madison Avenue, open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Walk-ins are welcome, and it also books appointments, same-day ones included: call 304-558-3900.
I'm at Marshall. What does campus parking need after I sell my car?
An email to parking@marshall.edu taking the old car off your vehicle record, with your name, MU ID number, license plate, make, style (4-door, van or truck) and color. Marshall charges parking fines to the permit holder, so take your permit out of the car before pickup. Unpaid campus citations must be cleared before you buy or renew a permit.
For a car with a West Virginia title, the signing steps are on our West Virginia page.