Size and type
A 14-foot aluminum fishing boat is one job. A 30-foot cabin cruiser is a different one. Length, beam, and weight decide the crew and the equipment.
Nebraska
Nebraska Boat Removal and Disposal
Twenty years of hauling junk boats out of driveways, marinas, and backyards. Firm quote before the truck rolls.
Licensed & Insured
Nebraska Statewide
Fast Response
Title rules
Nebraska titles boats with a cutoff by year: any motorboat built after 1972 needs a Hull Identification Number and title; anything older is exempt from titling but still registers.
Legal path
There is a legal path. The paperwork is on you.
Coverage
93 counties, 782 cities we pick up from
Pricing
See how pricing works
Storage bills are what push a lot of these calls in Nebraska. The boat has not moved in years, but somebody keeps paying to keep it parked, until they decide enough is enough. Other times the motor quit and a repair estimate came back higher than the boat is worth. Either way, the yard needs to be clear.
My crew handles old boat removal the same way every time, covering pickup, transport, and disposal in one trip. It does not matter if the boat sits on a trailer, on blocks, or in a storage lot, we load it out. Boat disposal does not wait on a title either. Details on that paperwork sit further down this page.
How much does boat removal cost?
Starting from
$250
Junk boat on a trailer that rolls, with room for the truck to reach it. From there, four things move the number.
I will tell you which ones apply to yours before we schedule anything.
Where it sits
Driveway on a trailer is the cheapest boat removal there is. On blocks in the backyard takes more work. In a slip, it needs a haul-out. Sunken, it needs recovery.
Condition
Engine already out is cheaper. Fuel still aboard, a hull full of rainwater, a trailer that will not roll: each adds handling.
Distance
Miles to the processing yard are part of the quote. Boat hauling cost scales with them.
Not sure which factors apply to your boat?
Can it be free?
People ask about free junk boat removal. Sometimes the boat has enough going for it, a running outboard, decent aluminum, and we take it for nothing. Sometimes it does not, and there is a fee. We will tell you which one you have.
The number is firm before the truck rolls.
Twenty years in, nobody has heard a different price at the curb.
Local read
What pricing looks like in Nebraska
Nebraska is a landlocked state, and that shows in where I find the boats I'm hauling out of it. Driveways, barns, and storage lots account for nearly every pickup, since water pulls almost never happen here. The trip back to our yard tends to run long, so that distance is baked into the number I give. Spring de-winterizing and the fall storage deadline both bring a rush of calls. I settle on the price before my crew rolls out, and it doesn't move after that.
Junk boats we hauled out
Real crew snapshots from recent Nebraska pickups. Watermarked photos are placeholders while we swap in the real jobs.
Junk boat pickup, salvage, and old boat removal
One boat, a whole yard, or an emergency. Old boat removal from a driveway or an estate. Junk boat pickup for the one that never sold. Marinas and boat yards call us to clear a season of abandoned slips in one visit. Insurance adjusters call after storms. My crew has floated sunken boats, hauled sailboats out of backyards, and moved a 40-footer through a neighborhood that was not built for it. One call covers removal, transport, and disposal. If it floats, floated, or was supposed to float, we haul it.
Getting rid of a boat legally in Nebraska
State legal briefNebraska
Reviewed August 25, 2026
Nebraska titles boats with a cutoff by year: any motorboat built after 1972 needs a Hull Identification Number and title; anything older is exempt from titling but still registers. The county clerk issues the title before the treasurer issues registration.
Selling a boat requires notice to Game and Parks within 15 days, ending the certificate of number; transfer runs through a reissued title for post-1972 boats, or the registration for older ones. Without a title, Nebraska's path is a Motorboat Bonded Certificate of Title: a DMV database search, a certified 30-day notice to the owner and lienholder, a bill of sale or affidavit, a photo, Form MBBOND, and a surety bond worth 1.5 times the boat's value. The fee is $20 for pre-1990 boats, $50 for newer ones.
Nebraska has no confirmed program for abandoned boats. Game and Parks handles owner notification and certificate termination, and leaving an unsafe vessel in public waters is illegal, but no removal program exists. The DMV's abandoned-vehicle process is built for law enforcement and cars.
If the boat is not yours. Nebraska has a process for vehicles left on private property: notify police 24 hours ahead, hold it 90 days, send certified letters, then sell it. That is written for vehicles, and whether it covers boats is unconfirmed. Until then, removal is the more direct route. We take Nebraska boats without a title.
Skip the paperwork.We take Nebraska boats with or without titles. One call, one price.
Counties We Serve in Nebraska
We pick up boats across all 93 counties in Nebraska. Cities below are the ones we reach most often; if yours is not listed, call and we will confirm coverage.
Adams County
Hastings, Kenesaw, Juniata, Roseland, Trumbull, Holstein, Ayr, Prosser
Antelope County
Neligh, Tilden, Elgin, Orchard, Clearwater, Oakdale, Brunswick, Royal
Arthur County
Arthur
Banner County
Harrisburg
Blaine County
Dunning, Halsey, Brewster
Boone County
Albion, St. Edward, Cedar Rapids, Petersburg, Loretto, Primrose, Raeville
Box Butte County
Alliance, Hemingford, Berea
Boyd County
Spencer, Butte, Lynch, McCulley, Morton, Naper, Bristow, Anoka, Mullen, Gross, Basin, Monowi, Bush
Brown County
Ainsworth, Long Pine, Johnstown
Buffalo County
Kearney, Gibbon, Ravenna, Shelton, Elm Creek, Glenwood, Pleasanton, Amherst, Riverdale, Miller, Odessa, Poole
Burt County
Tekamah, Oakland, Everett, Lyons, Decatur, Summit, Logan, Craig, Silver Creek, Quinnebaugh, Bell Creek
Butler County
David City, Savannah, Bellwood, Reading, Oak Creek, Richardson, Brainard, Rising City, Skull Creek, Dwight, Franklin, Union, Olive, Ulysses, Read, Plum Creek, Platte, Bruno, Octavia, Linwood, Abie, Garrison, Surprise, Center, Alexis, Bone Creek
Cass County
Plattsmouth, Louisville, Eagle, Weeping Water, Elmwood, Greenwood, Murray, Cedar Creek, Murdock, Avoca, Manley, Nehawka, Alvo, South Bend, Buccaneer Bay, Beaver Lake, Lake Waconda
Cedar County
Hartington, Laurel, Randolph, Coleridge, Wynot, Fordyce, Belden, St. Helena, Bow Valley, Aten, Magnet, Obert
Chase County
Imperial, Wauneta, Lamar, Champion, Enders
Cherry County
Valentine, Cody, Merriman, Crookston, Kilgore, Wood Lake, Nenzel, Brownlee
Cheyenne County
Sidney, Potter, Lodgepole, Dalton, Gurley, Sunol, Lorenzo
Clay County
Sutton, Harvard, Clay Center, Edgar, Fairfield, Leicester, Glenvil, Spring Ranch, School Creek, Lewis, Eldorado, Lone Tree, Sheridan, Lynn, Marshall, Ong, Deweese, Saronville, Inland
Colfax County
Schuyler, Clarkson, Howells, Leigh, Rogers, Richland
Cuming County
West Point, Wisner, Beemer, Sherman, Bancroft, Elkhorn, Lincoln, Cuming, Monterey, Garfield, St. Charles, Grant, Blaine, Bismark, Cleveland
Custer County
Broken Bow, Arnold, Delight, Kilfoil, Ansley, Callaway, Sargent, Merna, Victoria, Wood River, Mason City, Oconto, Elk Creek, Lillian, Wayne, Loup, Anselmo, Elim, Triumph, Myrtle, Ryno, Custer, Douglas Grove, Berwyn, West Union, Comstock, Milburn, East Custer, Hayes, Corner, Westerville, Spring Creek, Cliff, Algernon
Dakota County
South Sioux City, Dakota City, Emerson, Homer, Jackson, Hubbard
Dawes County
Chadron, Crawford, Whitney
Dawson County
Lexington, Cozad, Gothenburg, Overton, Sumner, Farnam, Eddyville, Willow Island
Deuel County
Chappell, Big Springs
Dixon County
Wakefield, Ponca, Springbank, Allen, Newcastle, Galena, Ottercreek, Hooker, Silvercreek, Concord, Dixon, Martinsburg, Waterbury, Maskell, Daily, Clark
Dodge County
Fremont, North Bend, Webster, Hooper, Scribner, Dodge, Pebble, Inglewood, Cotterell, Maple, Nickerson, Snyder, Uehling, Ridgeley, Pleasant Valley, Winslow, Ames
Douglas County
Omaha, Ralston, Valley, Bennington, Waterloo, Boys Town, King Lake, Venice
Dundy County
Benkelman, Max, Haigler, Parks
Fillmore County
Geneva, Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated, Stanton, Madison, Fairmont, Exeter, Shickley, Glengary, Milligan, Ohiowa, Grafton, Liberty, Hamilton, West Blue, Momence, Strang, Chelsea, Belle Prairie, Bennett
Franklin County
Salem, Hildreth, Campbell, North Franklin, East Bloomington, Turkey Creek, Upland, Marion, Bloomington, Washington, Naponee, Macon, Riverton, Antelope, Ash Grove
Frontier County
Curtis, Eustis, Maywood, Moorefield, Stockville
Furnas County
Cambridge, Arapahoe, Oxford, Beaver City, Holbrook, Edison, Wilsonville, Hendley
Gage County
Beatrice, Wymore, Highland, Nemaha, Adams, Cortland, Holt, Riverside, Midland, Paddock, Clatonia, Rockford, Odell, Hanover, Blue Springs, Pickrell, Sicily, Elm, Barneston, Filley, Holmesville, Virginia, Island Grove, Blakely, Blue Springs-Wymore
Garden County
Oshkosh, Lewellen, Lisco
Garfield County
Burwell
Gosper County
Elwood, Smithfield
Grant County
Hyannis
Greeley County
Spalding, Greeley Center, Scotia, Wolbach
Hall County
Grand Island, Cairo, Doniphan, Alda
Hamilton County
Aurora, Hampton, Giltner, Phillips, Marquette, Overland, Hordville, Stockham
Harlan County
Alma, Orleans, Stamford, Republican City, Huntley, Ragan
Hayes County
Palisade, Hayes Center, Hamlet
Hitchcock County
Culbertson, Trenton, Stratton
Holt County
O'Neill, Atkinson, Grattan, Stuart, Chambers, Ewing, Verdigris, Page, Deloit, Golden, Inman, Shields, Pleasant View, Wyoming, Sand Creek, Green Valley, Conley, Lake, Rock Falls, Iowa, McClure, Emmet, Saratoga, Swan, Shamrock, Scott, Willowdale, Fairview, Steel Creek, Francis, Holt Creek, Josie, Dustin, Belle, Coleman
Howard County
St. Paul, St. Libory, Dannebrog, Elba, Farwell, Cushing, Cotesfield
Jefferson County
Fairbury, Plymouth, Diller, Daykin, Endicott, Jansen, Reynolds, Harbine, Steele City
Johnson County
Tecumseh, Sterling, Cook, Crab Orchard
Kearney County
Minden, Mirage, Axtell, Oneida, Wilcox, Newark, Eaton, Lowell, May, Cosmo, Heartwell, Norman
Keith County
Ogallala, Paxton, Brule, Roscoe, Belmar, Martin, Lemoyne, Keystone, Sarben
Keya Paha County
Springview, Burton
Kimball County
Kimball, Dix, Bushnell
Knox County
Creighton, Bloomfield, Crofton, Hill, Wausa, Verdigre, Santee, Niobrara, Eastern, Raymond, North Frankfort, Peoria, Dolphin, Columbia, Jefferson, Dowling, Herrick, Frankfort, Walnut Grove, Harrison, Sparta, Spade, Winnetoon, Western, Verdel, Lindy, Bazile Mills, Central, Bohemia, Addison
Lancaster County
Waverly, Hickman, Bennet, Firth, Walton, Malcolm, Hallam, Panama, Yankee Hill, Roca, Denton, Cheney, Sprague, Davey, Princeton, Martell, Kramer, Emerald, Prairie Home, Agnew
Lincoln County
North Platte, Sutherland, Hershey, Brady, Wallace, Maxwell, Wellfleet
Logan County
Stapleton, Gandy
Loup County
Taylor
Madison County
Norfolk, Battle Creek, Newman Grove, Meadow Grove
McPherson County
Tryon
Merrick County
Central City, Vieregg, Palmer, Clarks, Prairie Creek, Chapman, Mead, Prairie Island, Archer, Clarksville
Morrill County
Bayard, Bridgeport, Broadwater
Nance County
Fullerton, Genoa, Belgrade, Timber Creek, Council Creek, East Newman, Loup Ferry, Cottonwood, West Newman, South Branch, Cedar, Beaver
Nemaha County
Auburn, Peru, Johnson, Brownville, Brock, Julian
Nuckolls County
Superior, Nelson, Lawrence, Ruskin, Hardy, Oak, Nora
Otoe County
Nebraska City, Syracuse, Palmyra, Woodland Hills, Unadilla, Talmage, Douglas, Dunbar, Otoe, Burr, Lorton
Pawnee County
Pawnee City, Table Rock, Du Bois, Burchard, Lewiston, Steinauer
Perkins County
Madrid, Venango, Elsie
Phelps County
Holdrege, Bertrand, Loomis, Funk, Atlanta
Pierce County
Pierce, Plainview, Osmond, Hadar, Foster, McLean
Platte County
Columbus, Granville, Shell Creek, Humphrey, Lost Creek, St. Bernard, Oconee, Duncan, Platte Center, Grand Prairie, Monroe, Lindsay, Lakeview, Walker, Creston, Joliet, Woodville, Tarnov, Cornlea, Burrows, Butler
Polk County
Stromsburg, Osceola, Shelby, Polk
Red Willow County
McCook, Indianola, Bartley, Danbury, Lebanon
Richardson County
Falls City, Humboldt, Verdon, Shubert, Stella, Dawson, Rulo, Preston, Barada
Rock County
Bassett, Newport
Saline County
Crete, Wilber, Friend, Dorchester, De Witt, Tobias, Swanton
Sarpy County
Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Chalco, Gretna, Offutt AFB, Springfield, La Platte, Melia, Richfield, Beacon View, Linoma Beach
Saunders County
Wahoo, Ashland, Ceresco, Yutan, Pohocco, Marietta, North Cedar, Cedar Bluffs, Valparaiso, Stocking, Marble, Mariposa, Elk, Prague, Rock Creek, Newman, Green, Weston, South Cedar, Ithaca, Morse Bluff, Colon, Memphis, Leshara, Malmo, Wann, Chester, Clear Creek
Scotts Bluff County
Scottsbluff, Gering, Mitchell, Terrytown, Morrill, Minatare, Lyman, Henry, Melbeta, McGrew
Seward County
Seward, Milford, Utica, Beaver Crossing, Bee, Staplehurst, Pleasant Dale, Garland, Goehner, Cordova, Tamora
Sheridan County
Gordon, Rushville, Hay Springs, Clinton, White Clay
Sherman County
Loup City, Ashton, Litchfield, Rockville, Hazard
Stanton County
Woodland Park, Pilger
Thayer County
Hebron, Deshler, Davenport, Bruning, Carleton, Alexandria, Byron, Hubbell, Belvidere, Gilead
Thomas County
Thedford, Seneca
Thurston County
Pender, Winnebago, Macy, Walthill, Dawes, Flournoy, Perry, Rosalie, Thurston, Thayer, Merry, Bryan, Anderson, Blackbird
Valley County
Ord, Arcadia, North Loup, Elyria
Washington County
Blair, Arlington, Fort Calhoun, Kennard, Herman, Fontanelle
Wayne County
Winside, Carroll, Hoskins, Sholes
Webster County
Red Cloud, Blue Hill, Guide Rock, Bladen, Inavale, Cowles
Wheeler County
Bartlett, Ericson
York County
York, Henderson, McCool Junction, Bradshaw, Benedict, Waco, Gresham, Lushton
Boat removal in Nebraska: what owners ask
How do I get rid of an old boat in Nebraska?
Selling, donating, a trip to the salvage yard, or a removal service that takes it off your hands: that's how it ends. That boat sits in a driveway, a barn, or a storage lot far from water, and long hauls are where we come in.
How much does boat disposal cost in Nebraska?
Look at the pricing section above for the starting range, then the final number moves with size, where the boat sits, its condition, and how far it has to travel. Storage-lot and barn pickups often mean a longer haul than owners expect.
Where can I dispose of a boat in Nebraska?
No landfill here will accept a hull, which leaves a salvage yard, a marine recycler, or a removal service as the paths that work. Nothing like a boat dump exists to fill that gap, so most owners hire a removal service once selling falls through.
Can I get free junk boat removal in Nebraska?
If there's a running outboard or solid aluminum on it, that usually covers the pickup and we take it free, and I say so straight off. Nothing worth salvaging means a fee applies instead, and either way you know before we load the truck.
Are there boat salvage yards near me in Nebraska?
Salvage operations that function like boat junkyards sit around the state, and nearly every one wants the hull rolled in on a trailer instead of dropped off. Years in a barn usually rules that out, which is why boat removers like us do the pickup.
How do I dispose of a fiberglass boat in Nebraska?
Cutting the hull into sections is the only way a fiberglass boat leaves the property, since no landfill here takes it whole. Our crew does that work wherever the boat sits, then trucks the sections to a facility processing what's left of an unwanted boat.
Can you remove a boat without a title in Nebraska?
Nebraska titles newer boats and skips the requirement for older ones. We still handle abandoned boat removal whether the paperwork exists or not. The legal section above covers what actually applies to your boat.
Recent boat removal jobs
Real jobs we've run in Nebraska — click any card for the full story.
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