Car abandoned in my yard

wrote:
>
> Here is the reply I get back (get ready to laugh or maybe cry).
>
> ---
> "Due to the complexity of the question(s) you have asked and given
the
> information you have provided in your message there are a number of
> possible answers to your question(s). Please call (608) xxx-xxxx and
a
> Research & Information staff member will be happy to discuss your
> specific situation and fully answer your question(s).
>
> Please have available, prior to calling: VIN # (vehicle
identification
> number), license plate number or title # for the vehicle about which
> you aren inquiring."
> ---
>
> Ummmmmmm, complexity???? What the f--k is so complicated to tell me
> if I can junk a car without a title? Then going on to the second
> paragraph, it says have available the license plate or title numbers.
> I SAID THERE IS NO TITLE !!!! Duh !!!!

Well, assuming you didn't make up that area code, you're obviously in
Wisconsin. Recall that here, the license number is *associated with*
(and printed on) the title. Therefore, unless they pulled the plates
off, you have a title reference. Nonetheless, if DOT can't help out,
you can just contact a local salvage operator who will usually be quite
familiar with the procedures needed to do this properly. If you find
the right guy, he'll also be quite prepared to ignore them and take
this thing off your hands regardless ...
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

>
> And to really add insult to injury, this is the same number I called
> yesterday, and got nowhere, and it's NOT a toll free number either.
>
> I think those of you who said haul it to the road and leave it there
> are closest to the solution !!!
>
> Yes, our tax dollars going to good use. (At least good for the
idiots
> that work there and get paid for telling callers they got the wrong
> department).....

wrote:
> I moved and have been renting out my old house until I sell it. My
> tenants just moved out and left behind a junk car. I have not been
> able to contact them since they owe me money and left no forwarding
> address. It clearly states in their lease that any property left
> behind after they vacate the premises becomes property of the
> landlord. So, legally this piece of junk is now mine. The problem is
> what to do with it. I would like to just have a salvage yard pick it
> up, but I do not have the title to the car. Does anyone know if a
> salvage yard can still take it, or do i need to have the sheriff come
> and do something, or what? This is a rural property, and is in
> Wisconsin. I looked on the WI D.O.T website but there is nothing
> listed, and there are so many departments I dont have a clue which one
> to call.

Look in the government pages of your phonebook under "abandoned vehicles".
(Around here every county has a number to have them taken away.) Call.

I'm a city dweller who's had to deal with this before. When I called
the police they told me that since there was not a posted sign that it
was a civil matter.

"No parking, vehicles(s) left will be towed at owners expense"

They could not have the car towed. The next day somehow the car had
been mysteriously moved out onto street parking by forces unknown and
there it was ticketed as an abandoned car and towed away!

Neat & Tidy!


On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:47:20 -0800, John David Galt
> wrote:

wrote:
>> I moved and have been renting out my old house until I sell it. My
>> tenants just moved out and left behind a junk car. I have not been
>> able to contact them since they owe me money and left no forwarding
>> address. It clearly states in their lease that any property left
>> behind after they vacate the premises becomes property of the
>> landlord. So, legally this piece of junk is now mine. The problem is
>> what to do with it. I would like to just have a salvage yard pick it
>> up, but I do not have the title to the car. Does anyone know if a
>> salvage yard can still take it, or do i need to have the sheriff come
>> and do something, or what? This is a rural property, and is in
>> Wisconsin. I looked on the WI D.O.T website but there is nothing
>> listed, and there are so many departments I dont have a clue which one
>> to call.
>
>Look in the government pages of your phonebook under "abandoned vehicles".
>(Around here every county has a number to have them taken away.) Call.

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, >>_This_Way_Out_>>> wrote:

> I'm a city dweller who's had to deal with this before. When I called the
> police they told me that since there was not a posted sign that it was a
> civil matter.
>
> "No parking, vehicles(s) left will be towed at owners expense"
>
> They could not have the car towed. The next day somehow the car had been
> mysteriously moved out onto street parking by forces unknown and there
> it was ticketed as an abandoned car and towed away! Neat & Tidy!

Second best if the car cannot be moved: A suitably-worded and
officially-formatted "No Parking" sign.

"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
>
> > wrote:
>
> >I'm a city dweller who's had to deal with this before. When I called
> >the police they told me that since there was not a posted sign that it
> >was a civil matter.
> >
> >"No parking, vehicles(s) left will be towed at owners expense"
> >
> >They could not have the car towed. The next day somehow the car had
> >been mysteriously moved out onto street parking by forces unknown and
> >there it was ticketed as an abandoned car and towed away!
>
> Couldn't you have also put up a sign, called the police back, and told
> them "yes, there is a posted sign, come get this mother****er!"

I favor the "push it out into the street" method. You might also
consider loading it up with automotive junk that you had intended to get
rid of and which might be of interest to a wrecker and removing any
parts that you might find useful. Not that I'd ever do anything like
that...

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Cheers, Bev
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"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again
incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.