North Carolina

North Carolina Boat Removal and Disposal

Twenty years of hauling junk boats out of driveways, marinas, and backyards. Firm quote before the truck rolls.

Licensed & Insured North Carolina Statewide Fast Response

Title rules

North Carolina titles boats separately from registration, required since January 1, 2007 for motorized vessels and sailboats 14 feet or longer, plus every personal watercraft.

Legal path

The state runs a funded program. You likely cannot apply.

Coverage

100 counties, 775 cities we pick up from

Pricing

See how pricing works

Owners call me in North Carolina for a few reasons that repeat every year. Hurricane season leaves a hull nobody wants to fix, and the insurance check does not stretch far enough to cover it. A code enforcement letter shows up because a boat on blocks in the side yard finally caught someone's attention. Or the boat sat on the market for a whole season without a single serious offer. By the time I get the call, the owner just wants it gone.

That is where boat removal comes in. My crew picks up junk boats from driveways, storage lots, and marinas, and handles transport and boat disposal in one pass. A missing title will not hold up the job. We walk through that part further down the 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.

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.

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?

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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.

Our guarantee

The number is firm before the truck rolls.

Twenty years in, nobody has heard a different price at the curb.

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What pricing looks like in North Carolina

Across North Carolina, I pull boats from marina slips and storm-wrecked docks about as often as I do from a plain driveway. Our haul to the processing yard tends to be short, so I'm not padding a quote for extra miles here. Spring cleanout season brings the heaviest run of calls, and boat hauling stays steady through the rest of the year on top of that. What actually moves the number is the boat itself, not when you call. Before my crew hooks up the trailer, I've already given you a price that holds.

Junk boats we hauled out

Real crew snapshots from recent North Carolina pickups. Watermarked photos are placeholders while we swap in the real jobs.

junk boat removal, 24 ft Bayliner cabin cruiser on a dead trailer — 24 ft Bayliner cabin cruiser, hauled from a side yard

junk boat removal crew loading a 20 ft bowrider onto a trailer — 20 ft bowrider winched out of a driveway

junk boat removal, 26 ft cabin cruiser on stands in a storage yard — 26 ft cabin cruiser off jack stands at a storage lot

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 North Carolina

State legal briefNorth Carolina

Reviewed August 25, 2026

North Carolina titles boats separately from registration, required since January 1, 2007 for motorized vessels and sailboats 14 feet or longer, plus every personal watercraft. Everything else can be titled voluntarily.

You need the title with its Assignment of Title section signed and notarized by the seller. Registered but never titled? A notarized bill of sale with the registration number, HIN, and description will do. Lost the title, North Carolina issues a duplicate through Form VL-1 for $10, or pairs a notarized Seller's Statement of Lost Title with a notarized bill of sale. Never titled at all works on an affidavit or bill of sale. No bonded title exists here.

North Carolina runs the NCWRC Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Program, backed by state funding that started at $1,000,000, with support from NC's Division of Coastal Management. It removes a derelict vessel after a 30 day owner notice, and a private landowner does not pay, though the state needs written permission to enter.

If the boat is not yours. The state's ADV Program pays to remove a derelict boat and does not bill the landowner. The catch is timing: the state completes its own notice period first, and needs your signed permission to start. Since 2023, every North Carolina county can also run its own abandoned-boat ordinance. If you want the boat gone sooner, removal is faster than either process.

Skip the paperwork.We take North Carolina boats with or without titles. One call, one price.

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Counties We Serve in North Carolina

We pick up boats across all 100 counties in North Carolina. Cities below are the ones we reach most often; if yours is not listed, call and we will confirm coverage.

Alamance County

Burlington, Mebane, Graham, Elon, Gibsonville, Glen Raven, Green Level, Swepsonville, Haw River, Alamance, Saxapahaw, Woodlawn, Ossipee, Altamahaw

Alexander County

Bethlehem, Taylorsville, Stony Point, Hiddenite

Alleghany County

Sparta

Anson County

Wadesboro, Polkton, Ansonville, Lilesville, Peachland, Morven, McFarlan

Ashe County

Jefferson, West Jefferson, Lansing

Avery County

Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Newland, Elk Park, Linville, Sugar Mountain, Seven Devils, Crossnore, Grandfather Village

Beaufort County

Washington, River Road, Belhaven, Cypress Landing, Chocowinity, Aurora, Bayview, Washington Park, Bath, Pantego, Pinetown

Bertie County

Windsor, Aulander, Lewiston Woodville, Colerain, Kelford, Powellsville, Askewville, Roxobel

Bladen County

Elizabethtown, Bladenboro, White Lake, Clarkton, Kelly, East Arcadia, White Oak, Dublin, Butters, Tar Heel

Brunswick County

Leland, Oak Island, St. James, Boiling Spring Lakes, Carolina Shores, Shallotte, Sunset Beach, Southport, Belville, Calabash, Navassa, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Northwest, Varnamtown, Caswell Beach, Sandy Creek, Bolivia, Bald Head Island

Buncombe County

Asheville, Black Mountain, Woodfin, Swannanoa, Royal Pines, Weaverville, Avery Creek, Emma, Fairview, Biltmore Forest, Bent Creek, Montreat, Barnardsville

Burke County

Hickory, Morganton, Long View, Valdese, Icard, Drexel, Hildebran, Salem, Connelly Springs, Glen Alpine, Rutherford College, Rhodhiss

Cabarrus County

Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Locust, Midland, Mount Pleasant

Caldwell County

Lenoir, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Hudson, Gamewell, Cajah's Mountain, Northlakes, Blowing Rock, Cedar Rock

Camden County

Elizabeth City, Camden, South Mills

Carteret County

Morehead City, Beaufort, Newport, Emerald Isle, Cape Carteret, Broad Creek, Cedar Point, Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, Brandywine Bay, Harkers Island, Bogue, Peletier, Atlantic, Gloucester, Marshallberg, Davis, Indian Beach

Caswell County

Yanceyville, Milton

Catawba County

Newton, St. Stephens, Lake Norman of Catawba, Conover, Maiden, Mountain View, Claremont, Catawba, Brookford

Chatham County

Cary, Apex, Siler City, Briar Chapel, Pittsboro, Fearrington Village, Governors Village, Governors Club, Moncure, Carolina Meadows, Goldston, Bennett, Gulf

Cherokee County

Andrews, Murphy, Marble

Chowan County

Edenton, Arrowhead Beach, Cape Colony, Chowan Beach

Clay County

Hayesville

Cleveland County

Shelby, Kings Mountain, Boiling Springs, Belwood, Grover, Light Oak, Kingstown, Fallston, Patterson Springs, Lawndale, Polkville, Lattimore, Waco, Casar, Mooresboro, Earl

Columbus County

Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Lake Waccamaw, Brunswick, Fair Bluff, Riegelwood, Bolton, Sandyfield, Evergreen, Boardman, Hallsboro, Cerro Gordo, Delco

Craven County

New Bern, Havelock, James City, Trent Woods, Brices Creek, River Bend, Fairfield Harbour, Neuse Forest, Cherry Branch, Vanceboro, Bridgeton, Cove City, Dover

Cumberland County

Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Eastover, Vander, Stedman, Wade, Falcon, Godwin, Linden

Currituck County

Moyock, Grandy, Coinjock

Dare County

Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Southern Shores, Wanchese, Manteo, Buxton, Duck, Manns Harbor, Frisco, Hatteras, Avon, Salvo, Rodanthe, Waves

Davidson County

High Point, Thomasville, Lexington, Midway, Tyro, Welcome, Wallburg, Denton, Southmont, Yadkin College

Davie County

Mocksville, Bermuda Run, Advance, Cooleemee, Farmington

Duplin County

Mount Olive, Wallace, Warsaw, Beulaville, Rose Hill, Magnolia, Faison, Kenansville, Greenevers, Teachey, Potters Hill, Calypso, Bowdens, Harrells, Chinquapin

Durham County

Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Morrisville, Gorman, Rougemont

Edgecombe County

Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Sharpsburg, Princeville, Pinetops, Whitakers, Macclesfield, Conetoe, Speed, Leggett

Forsyth County

Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons, Lewisville, King, Walkertown, Rural Hall, Tobaccoville, Germanton, Bethania

Franklin County

Wake Forest, Lake Royale, Louisburg, Franklinton, Youngsville, Bunn, Centerville

Gaston County

Gastonia, Mount Holly, Belmont, Cherryville, Dallas, Bessemer City, Cramerton, Ranlo, Stanley, Lowell, Springdale, McAdenville, High Shoals, Alexis, Dellview, Spencer Mountain

Gates County

Gatesville, Sunbury

Graham County

Robbinsville, Lake Santeetlah, Fontana Dam

Granville County

Oxford, Butner, Creedmoor, Stem, Stovall

Greene County

Snow Hill, Maury, Hookerton, Walstonburg

Guilford County

Greensboro, Archdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge, Stokesdale, Pleasant Garden, Forest Oaks, Jamestown, McLeansville, Sedalia, Whitsett

Halifax County

Roanoke Rapids, South Rosemary, Enfield, Scotland Neck, Weldon, Hollister, South Weldon, Littleton, Hobgood, Halifax

Harnett County

Fuquay-Varina, Anderson Creek, Spout Springs, Dunn, Angier, Erwin, Lillington, Benson, Buies Creek, Coats, Broadway, Bunnlevel, Mamers, Barbecue

Haywood County

Waynesville, Canton, Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley, Clyde, West Canton

Henderson County

Hendersonville, Fletcher, Etowah, Mills River, East Flat Rock, Mountain Home, Dana, Flat Rock, Edneyville, Fruitland, Valley Hill, Laurel Park, Horse Shoe, Hoopers Creek, Balfour, Barker Heights, Saluda, Gerton

Hertford County

Ahoskie, Murfreesboro, Winton, Cofield, Harrellsville, Como

Hoke County

Raeford, Rockfish, Red Springs, Five Points, Silver City, Ashley Heights, Bowmore, Dundarrach

Hyde County

Ocracoke, Fairfield, Swan Quarter, Engelhard

Iredell County

Mooresville, Statesville, Davidson, Lake Norman of Iredell, Troutman, Harmony, Love Valley

Jackson County

Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Highlands, Cashiers, Webster, Forest Hills, Dillsboro, Glenville, Whittier

Johnston County

Clayton, Smithfield, Zebulon, Selma, Archer Lodge, Wilson's Mills, Four Oaks, Pine Level, Kenly, Princeton, Micro

Jones County

Maysville, Pollocksville, Trenton

Lee County

Sanford

Lenoir County

Kinston, La Grange, Grifton, Jackson Heights, Deep Run, Pink Hill, Graingers

Lincoln County

Lincolnton, Westport, Lowesville, Denver, Iron Station, Crouse

Macon County

Franklin

Madison County

Mars Hill, Marshall, Hot Springs

Martin County

Williamston, Robersonville, Jamesville, Hamilton, Oak City, Parmele, Everetts, Bear Grass, Hassell

McDowell County

Marion, Nebo, West Marion, Old Fort, Glenwood

Mecklenburg County

Charlotte, Huntersville, Cornelius, Matthews, Mint Hill, Stallings, Weddington, Pineville

Mitchell County

Spruce Pine, Bakersville

Montgomery County

Troy, Biscoe, Mount Gilead, Star, Candor

Moore County

Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Whispering Pines, Seven Lakes, Carthage, Pinebluff, Foxfire, Robbins, Vass, Taylortown, Cameron, Jackson Springs

Nash County

Nashville, Red Oak, Spring Hope, Elm City, Dortches, Middlesex, Bailey, Momeyer, Castalia

New Hanover County

Wilmington, Murraysville, Myrtle Grove, Ogden, Kings Grant, Porters Neck, Carolina Beach, Silver Lake, Northchase, Wrightsboro, Skippers Corner, Bayshore, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, Sea Breeze, Castle Hayne, Hightsville, Blue Clay Farms

Northampton County

Gaston, Garysburg, Rich Square, Conway, Woodland, Seaboard, Jackson, Milwaukee, Severn, Lasker

Onslow County

Jacksonville, Piney Green, Half Moon, Holly Ridge, Surf City, Swansboro, Richlands, Pumpkin Center, Sneads Ferry, North Topsail Beach

Orange County

Carrboro, Hillsborough, Efland

Pamlico County

Bayboro, Oriental, Alliance, Grantsboro, Minnesott Beach, Arapahoe, Vandemere, Stonewall, Mesic, Hobucken

Pender County

Hampstead, Burgaw, Rocky Point, Topsail Beach, St. Helena, Atkinson, Watha, Long Creek

Perquimans County

Hertford, Winfall

Person County

Roxboro

Pitt County

Greenville, Winterville, Ayden, Farmville, Bethel, Bell Arthur, Grimesland, Simpson, Fountain, Stokes, Belvoir, Falkland

Polk County

Tryon, Columbus

Randolph County

Asheboro, Trinity, Randleman, Liberty, Ramseur, Franklinville, Staley, Seagrove

Richmond County

Rockingham, Hamlet, East Rockingham, Cordova, Ellerbe, Dobbins Heights, Hoffman, Roberdel, Norman

Robeson County

Lumberton, Pembroke, Fairmont, Maxton, St. Pauls, Rowland, Barker Ten Mile, Prospect, Parkton, Raemon, Rennert, Elrod, Shannon, Wakulla, Proctorville, Marietta, McDonald, Lumber Bridge, Raynham, Orrum, Rex

Rockingham County

Eden, Reidsville, Wentworth, Mayodan, Madison, Stoneville, Ruffin

Rowan County

Salisbury, China Grove, Landis, Enochville, Spencer, Granite Quarry, Rockwell, East Spencer, Cleveland, Faith, Gold Hill

Rutherford County

Forest City, Spindale, Rutherfordton, Lake Lure, Ellenboro, Cliffside, Caroleen, Ruth, Henrietta, Bostic, Chimney Rock Village

Sampson County

Clinton, Plain View, Bonnetsville, Roseboro, Ingold, Spivey's Corner, Garland, Newton Grove, Salemburg, Ivanhoe, Vann Crossroads, Keener, Turkey, Autryville, Delway

Scotland County

Laurinburg, Laurel Hill, Scotch Meadows, Wagram, Deercroft, Gibson, Old Hundred, East Laurinburg

Stanly County

Albemarle, Norwood, Oakboro, Badin, Stanfield, Red Cross, Misenheimer, New London, Richfield, Millingport, Aquadale

Stokes County

Walnut Cove, Pinnacle, Danbury

Surry County

Mount Airy, Elkin, Dobson, Pilot Mountain, Toast, White Plains, Lowgap

Swain County

Bryson City

Transylvania County

Brevard, Rosman

Tyrrell County

Columbia

Union County

Indian Trail, Monroe, Waxhaw, Wesley Chapel, Unionville, Marvin, Wingate, Lake Park, Mineral Springs, Marshville, Hemby Bridge, JAARS

Vance County

Henderson, South Henderson, Kittrell, Middleburg

Wake County

Holly Springs, Garner, Knightdale, Wendell, Rolesville

Warren County

Norlina, Warrenton, Macon

Washington County

Plymouth, Roper, Creswell

Watauga County

Boone, Foscoe, Cove Creek, Valle Crucis

Wayne County

Goldsboro, Elroy, Brogden, Mar-Mac, Dudley, Fremont, Walnut Creek, New Hope, Pikeville, Eureka, Seven Springs

Wilkes County

North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Cricket, Mulberry, Fairplains, Millers Creek, Hays, Moravian Falls, Pleasant Hill, Ronda

Wilson County

Wilson, Lucama, Black Creek, Stantonsburg, Saratoga, Sims

Yadkin County

Yadkinville, Jonesville, Boonville, East Bend, Smithtown

Yancey County

Burnsville

Boat removal across North Carolina

Top 23 cities by population. 775 cities covered across North Carolina.

Boat removal in North Carolina: what owners ask

How do I get rid of an old boat in North Carolina?

In North Carolina you can sell it, donate it, drop it at a salvage yard, or call boat removers to deal with it. Most people try selling first and give up once no one bites on a rough hull. We haul it off ourselves.

How much does boat disposal cost in North Carolina?

Boat disposal cost in North Carolina isn't one number, it depends on the boat in front of me. Size, location, condition, and hauling distance all shift the price, and the pricing section above covers exactly how.

Where can I dispose of a boat in North Carolina?

Your real options in North Carolina are a salvage yard, a recycler, or a removal service that takes care of disposal for you. Landfills mostly refuse a boat dump because fiberglass and resin do not break down. We fold that disposal step into the job.

Can I get free junk boat removal in North Carolina?

It depends on the boat, a running outboard or solid aluminum hull sometimes means we take the unwanted boat for nothing. If there's no salvage value, there's a fee, and we say which before we set a date.

Are there boat salvage yards near me in North Carolina?

Yes, North Carolina has boat junkyards and salvage yards same as most states. They're set up to take boats that arrive on a trailer, not ones stuck in a yard or sunk at a dock. That's where removal comes in.

How do I dispose of a fiberglass boat in North Carolina?

Fiberglass hulls get turned away at most landfills, the resin and glass don't decompose. What works is cutting the boat into sections and trucking them to a facility set up for fiberglass. That's exactly the kind of job a removal service handles.

Can you remove a boat without a title in North Carolina?

North Carolina titles most motorized boats and personal watercraft separately from registration. Missing paperwork does not stop us, we still come get the boat either way. The legal section above covers the paperwork angle, abandoned boat removal on our end works the same regardless.