Sell a junk car in Evergreen Park, with Chicago on three sides
Can I sell an Evergreen Park junk car and get the tow for free?
Yes. We're Top Dollar Junk Cars, and we buy dead, wrecked and scrap cars all over Evergreen Park, from 95th and Western to the blocks by Little Company of Mary Hospital. Sell us your junk car and there's no towing charge; the money is handed over at pickup, as cash or a Zelle transfer.
The village covers just 3.16 square miles, and Chicago wraps around three sides of it: Ashburn to the north, Beverly to the east, Beverly and Mount Greenwood to the south. Oak Lawn and Hometown close off the west. From our Alsip yard the truck heads up Cicero Avenue and then east on 95th Street (US-12/US-20) for about 2 miles: about 5.3 road miles altogether, and about 3 miles in a straight line. Evergreen Park is in every suburb and neighborhood we tow from, listed on one page.
Selling a junk car in Evergreen Park: assumptions versus the code
The village's rules on cars that don't move sit in Chapter 13, Article VII of its code, titled Relocation of Vehicles (Ord. 27-2023). Several things people believe about a car that no longer runs don't hold up against the text.
| What people assume | What the code says |
|---|---|
| The village can't touch a car on my driveway. | A car sitting on private land in public view for 14 days or more that can't be driven safely or legally is an inoperable motor vehicle (Sec. 13-276), and police may remove it after notice (Sec. 13-279). |
| A tarp keeps it out of trouble. | A car left unmoved for 14 straight days and covered or tarped is presumed inoperable (Sec. 13-276). The cover works against you. |
| A car has to sit on the street for weeks before it counts as abandoned. | On a public way, an inoperable car left unattended for 10 hours or more qualifies, and so does one without state plates or a temporary placard for 2 days (Sec. 13-276). |
| The village will tow it without warning. | Notice comes first: a Notice of Intent to Tow sticker on the window plus a certified letter (Sec. 13-280). The owner then has 7 days after the letter to request a hearing (Sec. 13-279). |
| After a snowfall, either side of the street will do. | Once 2 inches fall in 24 hours, cars go on the side with even house numbers on even days and on the odd-numbered side when the date is odd (Sec. 13-209(a)). |
| Street-sweeping signs are a suggestion. | The signs go up at least 4 hours ahead, and a car still in the way gets towed, with the owner paying (Sec. 13-223). |
For a car at home, the 14-day line is the one to watch. Repairs finished inside 14 days are exempt; a project that stalls isn't. Before you call, check which papers you've kept: the title, a registration, a bill of sale, an old insurance card. Which of those is good enough to scrap a car on is a question for Illinois rules, and we'll go through yours on the phone. Selling with no title covers it in more depth.
Where the truck loads in Evergreen Park
This is a village of houses. 88.1% of its homes are single-unit buildings, and 84.8% of households own the home they occupy (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024). Expect to find the car you're selling in a driveway, a garage or at the curb out front. If it's in the garage, tell us whether it rolls and how tight the space is.
Near the hospital
Little Company of Mary Hospital has stood at 95th Street and California Avenue since 1930, and Sec. 13-225 sets no-parking, tow-away zones on both streets around it. A car that broke down there is on borrowed time. If that's where yours is, make it the first thing you tell us.
Permit blocks, sweepers and relocation
The village board can turn a block into a residential permit parking area (Sec. 13-207), where only cars showing a current residential permit may park. Separately, Sec. 13-278 lets police relocate any car parked illegally for 24 hours or longer. A dead car can fall foul of both without its owner doing anything at all.
Giving directions
Kedzie Avenue and 95th Street are treated as the village's midpoint. Western Avenue meets 95th at the old Evergreen Plaza site, a mall from 1952 to 2013 that is now Evergreen Marketplace. Either corner is a good reference point for the driver.
Curious how the free removal works from start to finish? Our free pickup, explained walks through it. Or type the car's details into our quote form.
Next door
West of the village, Oak Lawn starts its odd and even snow parking at one inch on the ground, not two in a day. Keep going west on 95th Street and you reach Bridgeview, where nobody may park on the street from 2 to 6am unless police approve it in advance. Western Avenue runs south to Blue Island, where it splits the city in two and the overnight hours change within a block of it. Our own yard sits in Alsip, off Cicero Avenue.
Evergreen Park questions, answered from the code
There's a Notice of Intent to Tow sticker on my car in Evergreen Park. Can I still sell it?
Yes. The window sticker comes with a certified letter (Sec. 13-280), and from that letter you have 7 days to ask for a hearing (Sec. 13-279). Ring us and read out the date on the letter, so we can try to get the car away before the village does.
Do I still need an Evergreen Park vehicle sticker on a car I'm selling?
No. The village board discontinued vehicle stickers in February 2024 (Ordinance 07-2024). Sec. 13-276 was written while they still existed and still mentions a village license, but state registration is what matters now: on a public way, a car with no state plates or temporary placard for 2 days counts as abandoned.
My street is an Evergreen Park snow route. When does a dead car have to be off it?
As soon as 2 inches of snow fall within 24 hours. From then on, Sec. 13-209(b) bars stopping or parking on designated snow routes, and police can relocate a car that blocks snow removal once 48 hours' notice has been posted (Sec. 13-278).