Cash for Junk Cars in Idaho | Free Towing Statewide
1-800-We-Junk-Cars buys junk, damaged, and non-running vehicles throughout Idaho. We serve Boise, Nampa, Meridian, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Twin Falls, and every city in between. Free towing, same-day or next-day pickup, and cash payment when we pick up your car. We buy cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs in any condition across the Gem State.
How Selling Your Junk Car Works in Idaho
Get Your Quote
Call us at 1-800-935-8652 or request an online offer. Tell us your vehicle’s year, make, model, mileage, and condition. We’ll give you a guaranteed cash quote within minutes. Our offers are firm with no hidden deductions or last-minute changes at pickup.
Schedule Free Pickup
Pick a time that works for you. We offer same-day and next-day appointments throughout Idaho, from the Treasure Valley to eastern Idaho. Our tow truck drivers come to your Boise driveway, Nampa street, or rural property at no cost.
Get Paid Cash
Our driver verifies your vehicle info and inspects the car. Sign over the title, hand over the keys, and get your cash on the spot. The whole thing takes about 15 to 30 minutes, and you walk away with money in hand.
What Is Your Idaho Junk Car Worth?
Idaho junk car values typically range from $150 for complete scrap vehicles to $1,500 or more for newer models with salvageable parts. Your offer depends on vehicle weight, current scrap metal prices, condition of major parts like engines, transmissions, and catalytic converters, and local demand for your make and model. Idaho’s dry climate means less rust damage compared to coastal or humid states, which often keeps body panels and undercarriages in better shape. Vehicles in the Boise metro area may get slightly higher prices because of more buyer competition and lower towing costs.
Scrap steel prices set the baseline value for any junk vehicle. When steel trades higher, minimum offers go up across the board. A typical sedan weighs around 2,500 to 3,000 pounds, while trucks and SUVs can top 4,500 pounds, which directly affects scrap value. The live tracker below shows current scrap metal rates so you can see market conditions. Beyond base metal value, working parts add real money. A functioning catalytic converter, good tires, or a rebuildable engine can boost your total offer.
Idaho Junk Car Laws and Title Requirements
Last reviewed 2026-10-05 against Idaho state sources. Fees and forms change; the official links below are authoritative.
| Who issues titles | The Idaho Transportation Department issues them; county assessor motor vehicle offices take the application and the money. source |
|---|---|
| Duplicate title form and fee | Form ITD 3367. $14 state fee plus a county title admin fee of $0 to $18.75; rush service adds $26. source |
| Can you sell without a title? | No. Idaho Code 49-518(6) makes transferring a vehicle without delivering an assigned title or salvage certificate a felony. source |
| Notary required? | On the duplicate-title forms, yes: ITD 3367 and ITD 3369 need a notary or an assessor or deputy assessor witnessing. source |
| Odometer disclosure required | Only for vehicles newer than model year 2010 weighing under 16,000 pounds. Older vehicles are odometer exempt. source |
| Who keeps the license plates | You do. Pull them at sale; a DMV office can transfer them to another vehicle you own. source |
| Deadline to report the sale | Five days from delivery. File ITD 3858 for $3.50, or free through DMVonline.ITD.Idaho.gov. source |
| Abandoned / inoperable vehicle statute | Idaho Code 49-1801 through 49-1817, a brand-new chapter effective January 1, 2026; 24-hour definition at 49-102(2). source |
| Salvage or junk title trigger | Idaho Code 49-524: any total loss or uneconomical-to-repair vehicle needs a salvage certificate (ITD 3312, $14) before resale. source |
| Catalytic converter sale limits | Idaho Code 54-2702: yard copies your license, logs your plate, keeps records five years; photos stop at the fourth yearly sale. source |
Who Issues an Idaho Title and Where You File
Idaho titles are printed by the Idaho Transportation Department, but applications, fees and duplicates go through a county assessor’s motor vehicle office. The $14 state fee is identical statewide; the county admin fee is not. Bannock, Boise, Camas, Caribou, Clark and Power add nothing; Twin Falls $2; Ada and Canyon $7; Blaine $18.75. Canyon County’s counter is in Caldwell, not Nampa, and Ada County’s mailed title work goes to Garden City, not downtown Boise.
Signing Over the Title and the Five-Day Release
You transfer ownership on the assignment printed on the title. Idaho Code 49-526 then gives you five days from delivery to file a release of liability. Form ITD 3858 costs $3.50 under 49-202(2)(o); the same notice filed through DMVonline.ITD.Idaho.gov is free. Odometer disclosure applies only to post-2010 vehicles under 16,000 pounds. Idaho plates follow the owner; pull them before the truck loads. A buyer who files more than 30 days after transfer owes a $20 penalty.
No Title in Hand: ITD 3367, 3369, 3371, 3405
Idaho has several duplicate paths. ITD 3367 buys an exact copy for $14 plus the county fee, $26 more for rush. It cannot transfer ownership. ITD 3369 does the duplicate and the transfer at once, but only for 2010-or-older vehicles, no-odometer vehicles, anything over 16,000 pounds, and vessels. ITD 3371, the Affidavit of Lost Title, fits a lost title that also needs an owner or lien added, removed or changed, one original name staying on. A recorded lien must be released first. ITD 3367 lists the lienholder of record in Section 3 and mails the duplicate there unless the lienholder signs Section 6, which still does not release the lien. ITD 3777 does. If the previous owner has vanished, ITD 3405 covers vehicles ten or more years old after a record search, certified-mail attempts, a VIN inspection and a 30-day wait, and brands the title three years. Bring proof of purchase: a bill of sale on ITD 3738, invoices or the old registration. Otherwise a dealer appraisal sets the tax.
Totaled, Dismantled and Junked Vehicles
If an insurer paid out, or repairs exceed the car’s value, Idaho Code 49-524 requires a salvage certificate first. The application is ITD 3312, fee $14. An owner keeping a totaled vehicle surrenders the title within 30 days of settlement; selling it without disclosing the total loss is a misdemeanor. Once dismantled, 49-516 tells the last titled owner to surrender the certificate. 49-519(6) makes signing as assignor with the buyer line blank unlawful, so refuse an open title.
Abandoned Vehicles Under the 2026 Towing Chapter
House Bill 174 replaced all of Title 49’s Chapter 18 with sections 49-1801 through 49-1817, in force since January 1, 2026. A vehicle is abandoned after 24 hours under 49-102(2); on a road, 49-1805 requires a 48-hour notice tag first. On posted private property, meaning a conspicuous large-print sign naming the towing firm, 49-1806(1) allows a tow or boot with no 24-hour wait. Unposted and non-commercial, 49-1806(2) lets the person in possession call a tow company directly and sign a release. Either way, 49-1806(3) bars a tow based solely on expired or improper registration. A tow company may claim a title or junk certificate 30 days after the first notice; 49-1817 voids conflicting city ordinances.
Selling the Converter or Shell to an Idaho Scrap Yard
Catalytic converters became nonferrous metal property under Idaho Code 54-2701(4) in 2023. Before a yard pays you, 54-2702 requires your signature, a photocopy of your license, your plate number, the date, location and value, a photo of the sale, kept five years. That photo requirement drops off after the fourth purchase from the same seller by the same yard within one year. You sign a statement that the metal is not stolen, and 54-2703 bars a yard from buying without that ID.
Official Idaho sources
- Idaho Transportation Department — Vehicle Titles
- ITD 3367 — Duplicate Idaho Title Application
- ITD 3858 — Notice of Release of Liability
- Idaho Transportation Department — Salvage Vehicles
- Idaho Transportation Department — Abandoned Vehicles
- Idaho Statutes, Title 49 Chapter 18 — Towing and Storage of Motor Vehicles
Cities We Buy Junk Cars in Idaho
We buy junk cars in all 44 Idaho counties. Most of the volume sits in the Treasure Valley, where Boise and Nampa anchor Ada and Canyon counties and feed the I-84 corridor through Caldwell and Meridian. From there we run east along the Snake River Plain to Twin Falls in the Magic Valley, then on to Pocatello and Idaho Falls, and north on US-95 through the Palouse to the Panhandle around Coeur d’Alene. Meridian, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Caldwell and Coeur d’Alene are all served areas, and in Idaho the county line matters more than the city limit: a title filed through Bonneville County in Idaho Falls carries a $6 administrative fee, while the same filing through Bannock County in Pocatello carries none.
The spread is wide. The state title fee is $14 statewide, but the county administrative fee on top of it runs from nothing in Bannock, Boise, Camas, Caribou, Clark and Power counties to $18.75 in Blaine County. The same duplicate runs $21 in Boise, $24 in Coeur d’Alene and $32.75 at the Blaine County counter in Hailey.
Distance is the other Idaho fact. The state is long and narrow, and Coeur d’Alene is far closer to Spokane than to Boise, so a Panhandle pickup and a Treasure Valley pickup do not route to the same processor. A dead car in Bonners Ferry and a dead car in Burley are identical on paper and two completely different tow jobs.
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Frequently Asked Questions — Selling a Junk Car in Idaho
What does a duplicate Idaho title actually cost?
Fourteen dollars to the state, plus your county's title administrative fee. ITD publishes that fee for all 44 counties, and it ranges from nothing in Bannock, Boise, Camas, Caribou, Clark and Power counties to $18.75 in Blaine County. Ada and Canyon counties each add $7, so a Boise or Nampa duplicate runs $21. Rush processing is another $26. The form is ITD 3367.
Can I sell my junk car in Idaho without the title?
Not as-is. Idaho Code 49-518(6) makes it a felony to transfer a vehicle without delivering an assigned title or salvage certificate. Which replacement you need depends on the vehicle. ITD 3369 handles the duplicate and the transfer together, but only for 2010-or-older vehicles, no-odometer vehicles and anything over 16,000 pounds. A 2011-or-newer car under that weight needs ITD 3367 first, then a normal assignment. Call 1-800-935-8652 before the truck is scheduled.
Does my signature have to be notarized?
On the duplicate-title forms, yes. ITD 3367 and ITD 3369 both state they will not be processed unless the owner's signature is notarized or witnessed by a county assessor or deputy assessor. That is why many Idaho sellers simply take the form to the assessor's motor vehicle office and sign it there instead of paying a notary separately.
What changed about abandoned vehicles in Idaho on January 1, 2026?
Idaho replaced its entire towing chapter. House Bill 174 repealed old Chapter 18 of Title 49 and enacted sections 49-1801 through 49-1817. Private property removals now run through a tow company that the property holder contacts directly under 49-1806, tow companies report to an ITD portal, and they can apply for a title or junk certificate 30 days after the first department notice.
My insurer totaled the car but I kept it. Can I sell it to you?
Only after you get a salvage certificate. Idaho Code 49-524 requires an owner who retains a total loss to surrender the title within 30 days of settlement and obtain a salvage certificate before any sale or disposal. The application is ITD 3312 and the fee is $14. Selling a retained total loss without disclosing it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.
Do I need an emissions test or a safety inspection to sell a car in Idaho?
No. Idaho has not required vehicle emissions testing anywhere since the legislature repealed the state inspection and maintenance mandate effective July 1, 2023, which ended the Treasure Valley programs in Ada and Canyon counties. Idaho does not run a periodic safety inspection program for passenger vehicles either, so nothing has to pass a test before a junk car changes hands.