Worth leans toward apartment living. Just under half its homes are single-unit buildings, and close to 40 percent sit in buildings with five or more units, a bigger share than in Oak Lawn or Palos Hills. So a Worth pickup is often a lot behind a building rather than a private driveway. As junk car buyers in Worth, we load from either; just clear it with the manager first. Junk My Car Inc does the tow at no charge and pays you as the car goes up on the truck.
Don’t park it out front with a sign
Some owners try to sell a dead car by leaving it on the street with a phone number taped in the window. In Worth that breaks the code: Section 11-4-1(E) bars parking on any street to display a vehicle for sale, and it also bars parking for-sale cars on commercial lots that don’t hold a village license for it. Selling to us skips the sign, the strangers and the ticket.
Seven days, then a certified letter
Section 10-9-1 sets the test for an inoperable car: parts removed or altered so it can’t run under its own power for seven days or more. Under Section 10-9-2, an inoperable car on private property in public view is a public nuisance. The village sends notice by certified mail and allows seven days to remove it, then moves to a citation and adjudication, and finally to a court warrant for removal.
Streets are stricter. A vehicle or its parts abandoned on a street, alley, parkway or sidewalk can be towed, and one left on a highway for 10 hours or more can go on a police order.
Snow, nights and the building lot
After 2 inches of snow, Section 11-4-1(C) bars stopping, standing or parking on any village street until it’s removed, and the owner and the driver are both liable. Building owners have a duty too, covered in the questions below, so a car parked in a complex lot rarely stays snowed in for long.
The 2 to 6 a.m. ban covers only streets named by ordinance, and some blocks are resident-only from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Residents’ cars need the village sticker on the lower right of the windshield.
Harlem, Route 7 and the tollway
Harlem Avenue (Route 43) is the main road through Worth, and Route 7 ends at Harlem here after following Southwest Highway. The Tri-State (I-294) crosses Ridgeland Avenue and 107th, 111th and 115th Streets on its way through Worth, Chicago Ridge and Bridgeview. Worth has its own Metra station on the SouthWest Service, and the Palos Heights station serves the village’s southwest side. North Palos Fire Station 3 on 111th Street is an easy landmark.
Papers and the towns around Worth
Ask for an offer here with the year, make and model. Missing the title? Say whether you have a registration, a bill of sale or an insurance card; Illinois rules settle which of them can be used for a scrap sale, and we check that with you by phone before a truck is sent. Still deciding? See sell or keep: what to do with a scrap car.
Palos Hills to the northwest and Palos Heights to the south are next door. We also cover Palos Park out along Route 7 and Oak Lawn to the northeast, and every town we serve is on the areas page.