Sell your car in Laramie: running or not, when you graduate or move
Whether the car sits in a UW lot, on a Laramie street or in a driveway out in Albany County, you get an instant cash offer online and book the pickup there. With the title in hand, two weeks is plenty of time to finish the sale. Until pickup day, a car left on the street still falls under the city's snow-route and overnight parking rules.
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Where a parked car gets ticketed or towed in Laramie
- Snow emergency routes. Once the city declares a snow emergency, by press release and on its website, any vehicle on a snow emergency route is towed and stored at the owner's expense, even with someone in it. On any street, city code 12.08.030 says to move a vehicle when plowing could bury or box it in.
- The overnight limited parking zone. In this zone, parking is banned from 2 to 6 a.m. on Wednesdays on north-south streets and Tuesdays on east-west ones. With at least 14 hours' notice, the city can also clear the zone from 2 to 6 a.m. for snow removal and tow cars left there.
- Permit streets beside campus. Residential permit sectors sit around UW; Sector 1, west of campus, runs from Gibbon to Kearney between 5th and 9th Streets. Parking there without a permit costs $75 for each of the first two tickets in 12 months, then $150.
Where we pick up around Laramie
Pickup is at your address: anywhere in Laramie (82070 and 82072), on the UW campus (82071), and out across Albany County, from West Laramie to Centennial in the west and Rock River to the northwest. Tie Siding, Woods Landing-Jelm and Albany are covered too.
Already have a city notice? Questions about it go to the Code Enforcement Inspector at (307) 721-5285 or the Planning Office at 405 E. Grand Avenue.
Cash for your car in Laramie
Miss the deadline on a Laramie code-enforcement notice and the inspector may hire a contractor to correct the violation, then bill the property owner the contractor's charge plus $100 or 50% of it, whichever is higher. If you're after cash for junk cars in Laramie, get an offer before it comes to that.
A car that won't start still gets picked up, and the offer reflects the car as it is. Mark it as a non-starter in the form so the winch comes on the first trip. More on wrecked and dead cars is on our junk car page.
If yours died from overheating or a blown head gasket, our guide to selling a car with engine problems shows what the repair usually costs, so you can judge whether it's worth fixing. A CVT or automatic that slips or won't go into reverse is covered in selling a car with a bad transmission, and a wreck in selling a car with accident damage.
Where Laramie's vehicle paperwork gets done
- •In Laramie, the Wyoming DMV work is done at two Albany County offices at 525 E. Grand Avenue: the County Clerk issues titles (Suite 202, 307-721-2541) and the County Treasurer registers vehicles (Suite 205, 307-721-2502). Both are open weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Clerk, Treasurer)
- •The Clerk asks for a VIN inspection form with every out-of-state title unless the car came from a Wyoming dealership. On campus, UW Police do them for $10 at 1010 E. Ivinson St.; call (307) 766-5179 for current hours, and bring the car, a government-issued ID and the title or a bill of sale. (Clerk, UW Police)
- •Off campus, Laramie Police do them inside city limits (307-721-2526) and the Sheriff's Office outside them (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.). (Laramie Police, Albany County, Sheriff)
Asked by Laramie sellers
Once my car is sold, how do I take it off my UW parking permit?
UW uses License Plate Recognition, so your plate acts as your parking permit. You can add a vehicle to your permit yourself, but to edit or remove one you have to contact Transportation Services at (307) 766-9800 or tps@uwyo.edu.
A tenant left a car at my Laramie rental. Can I sell it?
Not as your own. The Albany County Clerk treats a car left on your property without your consent as abandoned, which sends it through the Sheriff's abandoned-vehicle process: a VIN inspection, form MV-220 to WYDOT with a $5 fee, certified letters at least 10 days before the sale and a newspaper notice once a week for two weeks. Then comes a public auction and a certificate of sale.
What sales tax will I pay on my next car in Albany County?
The County Treasurer collects it before the car is first registered, at the rate of the county you live in on the day you buy. Albany County's rate is 5% from July 1, 2026 and 6% from October 1, 2026.
Wyoming's statewide rules for sellers, from signing the title in front of a notary to what happens to your plates, are on our Wyoming page.