Sell Your Junk Car in Gary, Indiana or a Town Nearby
We buy junk, wrecked and scrap cars in Gary, Merrillville, Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago and Griffith.
- Free towing
- Paid at pickup
- Same-day pickup
What are you selling?
Step one is the car. Step two is how to reach you. We call back with an offer.
Selling a junk car around Gary
Cash for Junk Cars Gary Indiana buys junk, wrecked and scrap cars in Gary and the towns touching it: Merrillville, Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago and Griffith. Send the year, make, model and title status, and we call with an offer. Towing is free, same-day pickup is often possible, and you're paid at pickup.
Stuck on paperwork? We wrote plain answers to the Indiana title and plate questions that hold sales up.
No title? We can still help.
Indiana doesn't let a junk car go on a handshake. A sale here needs the title (lost? the BMV prints a duplicate for $15) or a BMV certificate of authority ($4), however old the car is. Where age comes in is the no-title route: the certificate can stand in for the title once a car is 15 model years old or more, and buying a newer car with neither paper is a felony.
Tell us which papers you still have, say a bill of sale, a registration or an insurance card, and on the call we'll say which route your car takes.
Three steps, from the form to the tow
Jot down the car's details
Year, make, model and whether you have the title, then who you are, a phone number and the car's location.
Take our call
We call you back with an offer. Describe the damage honestly so the number holds.
Pickup day
The tow is free. Hand over the paperwork, take your plate off, and you're paid at pickup.
Same day, often
The full walkthrough of pickup day, from the form to the tow
Towns we cover near Gary
Gary plus every town that touches it. Each town page has local pickup notes. The whole list is on our towns we cover near Gary page.
- GaryThe city every town here touches, and the city in our name. We cover all of it.
- MerrillvilleBroadway, Taft Street and the US 30 strip: free towing and payment at pickup anywhere in Merrillville.
- HobartLake George, downtown and the US 30 side: free towing and payment at pickup anywhere in Hobart.
- Lake Station and New ChicagoGary's east-side neighbors, including the town that used to be called East Gary: free towing, paid at pickup.
- GriffithThe old rail-junction town on Gary's southwest side: Broad Street, Ridge Road, Cline Avenue, free towing.
Cars we buy
Any vehicle in any condition, as it sits: cars, trucks, vans and SUVs. Got more than one? A single pickup can take them all.
- Won't start
- Wrecked
- Rusted through
- Hail or storm damage
- Bad transmission
- Salvage title
- Expired plates
- Fire damage
- Flood damage
- Stripped
- Trucks, vans and SUVs
- Scrap only
Indiana paperwork questions, answered
Titles and plates hold up more sales than the cars do. Each guide uses what the Indiana BMV and its forms actually say.
- Inherited a car?How to Sell an Inherited Car in IndianaTransfer-on-death title or State Form 18733: how an inherited car's title reaches you, then how to sell it.Read the guide
- Rusted through?How to Sell a Rusted-Out CarFrame rust, rotted floors or holes in the body: how rust changes an offer and what to tell a buyer.Read the guide
- Plates expired?Can You Sell a Car With Expired Registration in Indiana?Tags ran out while the car sat? Why that doesn't stop a sale in Indiana, and what to do with the old plate.Read the guide
- Title from another state?Selling a Car With an Out-of-State Title in IndianaAn Illinois or other out-of-state title on a car parked in Indiana: what you sign, and what the next owner handles.Read the guide
Quick answers before you send the form
Who buys junk cars in Gary, Indiana?
Cash for Junk Cars Gary Indiana does. We buy junk, wrecked and scrap cars in Gary and in Merrillville, Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago and Griffith, with free towing and payment at pickup.
Is towing really free?
Yes. Towing is free and no towing charge is taken out of your offer.
When do I get paid, and how?
Right at pickup, as the car leaves, by Zelle, Cash App or another payment app, or in cash if you'd rather.
How long is an offer good for?
It has no expiry date. If you need weeks to sort out a title or an estate, the number waits for you.
Can I sell a junk car without a title in Indiana?
Sometimes, but never with no paper at all. In Indiana every junk car changes hands with its title or a BMV certificate of authority, whether it's a 2020 crossover or a 1995 pickup. Skipping the title is allowed only for a car at least 15 model years old that comes with the certificate, and buying a younger car with neither paper is a felony for the buyer. Tell us what you have, like a bill of sale, a registration or an insurance card, and we'll confirm the route when we call with your offer.
What changes the offer on a junk car?
Its year, make and model, whether the title is in hand, and its condition: whether it runs, what is damaged and whether parts are missing. Describe it plainly on the call and the offer is built on what you tell us.
How fast can you pick up?
Same-day pickup is often possible. We set the time on the call once you accept the offer.
Does the car need to run?
No. Dead, wrecked, burned, flooded, stripped or rusted through: towing is free, so it doesn't need to move under its own power. Trucks, vans and SUVs count too, and one trip can take several.
More answers about titles, plates, pickup and towns
Get your offer
Two short steps, then we call. Free towing, and you're paid at pickup.