Scrapping cars with Canadian titles

**c4f5** · 10-01-2012, 07:50 AM

I don't need paperwork, so long as the car has a legible VIN. Definitely need to contact them (yard), but I should imagine that if they require a title, it's origin shouldn't matter so long as the VIN on the title matches the VIN on the car. Gaining a local title would vary from state to state. Here in CO, $10 for a Sheriff's Dept. VIN inspection, and 7-10 days for the state to mail out a new CO title.

Edit.....as IdahoScrapper mentioned, for travelers to have title in hand is rare, but it does happen. I have had it happen a couple times, once this year. Travelers plastered a deer pretty hard in an older SUV. I bought the car, not only were they carrying the matching title, but also had both sets of keys with both remotes.

**JohnC4X4** · 10-31-2012, 03:42 PM

So Admin
How did you make out?

Where I take the cars, No title would have been needed since 2001 is over 10 years old

and if a Title was needed, they don't care what State or Providence it is from
A title is a Title

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I am sure if I was in that situation I would have all kinds of problems and hoops to jump through. Here, I am required to have a vehicle titled in my name.
So that means I buy a car,
pick it up.
Haul it home, go to the DMV, transfer ownership.
Remove whatever I plan to keep, while waiting on new title (about 10 days), then haul the car in.
Btw if it's an out of state vehicle, I have to take it to the DMV for inspection, so that's a treat when cars are dead and I have to trailer it to their tiny parking lot.

No way I could make any money if I had to do all that
First the Governor would want a title fee >> $75.00 on every vehicle
AND I would have to pay 6.25% tax on the book value of the car as if it was running >> Sales or use tax is due whenever a customer titles or registers a vehicle

I pick the car up
Yank Battery, cat, as much copper wire as I can get in about 7 mins, all aluminum >> wheels, Radiator, AC condenser, intakes, value covers for separate sale
Pull any cores worth pulling
Pull anything I will be selling on eBay
Then the car goes across the scale
Most times I only have it in my possession for about 2 - 4 hours