Sebastian County, AR Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger threshold
- Junked auto outside 30+ days
- Permit required
- Certificate of operation, County Judge
- Screening height
- 8-ft opaque fence (6-ft if elevated)
- Base fine
- $250 under § 110.99
- Continuing fine
- $50 per day after 5-day notice
- Governing ordinance
- Ord. 90-8, passed 5-15-90
Summary
Leaving a junked or wrecked automobile outside a building for more than 30 days on unincorporated county land turns the site into a regulated salvage yard requiring a county certificate of operation and screening.
SALVAGE YARD. Any establishment maintained, used or operated for the storing, keeping, dismantling, salvaging, buying or selling of scraps or discarded pieces of metal, paper, rags, tires, bottles and other materials; inoperable, wrecked, scrapped, ruined or discarded automobiles, automobile parts, machinery or appliances. If junked or wrecked automobiles remain outside a building for more than 30 days as inoperable, partially dismantled, wrecked or junked automobiles, the area shall be deemed, for the purpose of this chapter, a SALVAGE YARD.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-62: 2026 S-62 contains Local legislation current through April 21, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 110, adopted by Ordinance 90-8 on May 15, 1990, does not target a single abandoned car the way a typical impound ordinance does; instead it regulates the property once junked vehicles accumulate. 01 defines SALVAGE YARD to include any place maintained for storing, dismantling, or selling inoperable, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or discarded automobiles, and specifies that if junked or wrecked automobiles remain outside a building for more than 30 days as inoperable, partially dismantled, wrecked, or junked vehicles, the area is deemed a salvage yard for purposes of the chapter. 03(H). Burning wrecked or discarded automobiles is prohibited. 04.
Violations & Fines
Operating an unpermitted or unscreened salvage yard, including a residential lot with junked vehicles left outside more than 30 days, carries a $250 fine under Section 110.99, with a $50-per-day penalty for each day the violation continues past the five-day compliance window, and the county may remove the junk material and bill the operator for removal costs under Section 110.03(E)(3).
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I leave a wrecked car in my yard in unincorporated Sebastian County?
Who issues the salvage yard permit for junked vehicles?
What happens if a junked-vehicle site is not screened?
Sources & Official References
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