Common questions. Straight answers.

The yard gives you its number after it hears the year, make, model, condition and where the car sits. This site does not publish prices, because a number that is not based on your car is not a quote. What moves the number for most junk cars is weight, which parts are still on it, and whether it runs. The junkyard price guide explains how those pieces add up.

For an ordinary sale, Louisiana wants the seller to sign the title in front of a notary or before two witnesses, under R.S. 32:705. The same law lets the seller sign alone when the buyer is a licensed dealer, so ask the yard which applies before you go find a notary.

Tell the OMV about the sale within 15 days, under R.S. 47:510, and take care of the plates. The plates and paperwork guide has the checklist.

NOLA Junk Car Buyers is the website and phone line. Calls go to a towing and salvage yard on Paris Road in Chalmette, and that yard makes the offer, picks up the car and pays you. The about page explains how it works.

Ask the yard when you call. This site does not promise free towing, because the yard sets its own terms and they can depend on where the car is and what it takes to move it.

Plan on it. The yard needs to see your ID and the paperwork, and someone has to hand over the keys if there are any. If you can not be there, say so when you call and ask what the yard accepts.

In New Orleans, the NOPD notice gives the owner 48 hours to move the car, under the department’s abandoned and nuisance vehicle policy. Call the same day you see it and say the notice is there. The 48-hour notice guide covers what the notice means.

The service area is Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes. The area pages cover each one. If your car is somewhere else, call anyway and ask.

Often, yes. A car more than fifteen years old that has not been registered in any state for three straight years can get a permit to dismantle without the title, under R.S. 32:717(B). A car that is only worth parts or scrap can be sold as an auto hulk on a signed owner affidavit, under R.S. 32:718 and OMV Policy 120.00. The no-title guide walks through both.

A duplicate title is $68.50 plus an $8 handling fee at the OMV, per OMV Policy 69.00. Check the two no-title routes before you pay for one on a car you are junking.

Yes, but it takes its own paperwork. Louisiana allows an affidavit of heirship for some vehicles instead of a court succession, under OMV Policy 18.02. The guide to selling a parent’s car covers who signs and what to bring.

Yes. Louisiana says no person selling a vehicle may transfer it without written notice of flood damage, and private sellers use form DPSMV1637, per OMV Policy 76.00. A buyer who was not told can sue to undo the sale within one year.

It is the title an insurer gets for a car that flooded in a declared disaster and was declared a total loss. A car with one can never be registered again and must be dismantled, parted out or crushed, under R.S. 32:707.3. Ask the yard whether it takes Certificate of Destruction cars.

Yes. If you had no comprehensive coverage, the car usually still has its normal title in your name. You still owe the buyer the written flood disclosure. The flooded car guide covers each case.

Many yards will, because they are buying the metal and parts. Say exactly what is missing when you call, so the number takes it into account and does not change at pickup.

An instant offer is usually based on what you typed into a form. When the car turns out to have problems the form did not ask about, the offer gets revised. Giving the yard the full story on the call is the best way to get a number that holds.

It can be. Louisiana treats a car left inoperable on public property for more than 24 hours as abandoned, under R.S. 32:471. In New Orleans, an NOPD notice gives you 48 hours. Read the 48-hour notice guide and call the same day.

Ask the yard when you call. You will usually have to pay the lot’s towing and storage charges and show ownership before the car can leave, so ask the lot for the total first.

If the insurer paid you and kept the car, it is theirs to sell. If you kept the car, the title is usually branded, and a salvage yard can still buy it. Tell the yard what title you have.

Take the plates off and file your notice of sale with the OMV within 15 days, under R.S. 47:510. The plates guide covers what to do with them.