Junk Car Removal in Justice, Illinois

Justice is the farthest stop on our list, about 12 miles from our base by road, but the terms are the same as for a car around the corner on Western Avenue: free towing, payment at pickup, and an offer that doesn’t expire. Wikipedia’s Justice article describes Archer Avenue, Illinois Route 171, as the main road through the village, with I-55 and I-294 both close by.

The long way down

The usual road route goes south on Western Avenue, southwest on Columbus Avenue and Southwest Highway, west on 95th Street, and finishes with a short stretch of the Tri-State Tollway before dropping into Justice. That comes to about 12 miles. Depending on traffic and where your car is, we may come in along 79th Street or Archer Avenue instead. What matters for you is only the address.

On the way we pass through or near Bridgeview, which borders Justice on the east, and Burbank one town further in. Hickory Hills, Bedford Park and Willow Springs are the other neighbors.

Cemeteries, Archer Avenue and a small footprint

Justice covers just under 3 square miles. Two large cemeteries are its most familiar landmarks: Resurrection Cemetery, a Catholic cemetery of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the Lithuanian National Cemetery. The 2020 Census counted 12,600 residents. Pace buses link the village with the rest of the southwest suburbs, and Wikipedia places the Tri-State Tollway just east of La Grange Road, U.S. Route 45. If your car sits near the tollway or Archer, name the nearest cross street when you call. Students go to Indian Springs School District 109 for the early grades and to Argo Community High School in neighboring Summit.

What the village code says about junk cars

Justice’s code on abandoned vehicles is short and broad. An abandoned vehicle is any vehicle in such disrepair that it can’t be driven, or one that hasn’t moved for seven days or more and appears deserted. Leaving one on a street is unlawful. On private or public property in public view, it’s also unlawful anywhere except on the property of the vehicle’s owner, and the chief of police can authorize removal from private property after a waiting period of at least seven days.

So a dead car in your own driveway is in a different spot legally than one parked at a friend’s place or in a shared lot. If it’s on someone else’s property, the clock is shorter than you might think.

Streets where you can’t park at all

The village’s parking restrictions ban parking on the road, the right of way, or within ten feet of the curb on these stretches:

Street	Stretch
79th Street	From Roberts Road west to the village limits
Archer Road	From 71st Street to the U.S. Route 45 interchange
Archer Road	From 88th Avenue to 71st Street
83rd Street	From Roberts Road to 81st Avenue

The next section of the code sets a 16,000-pound gross weight limit for vehicles on residential streets. That matters if you’re selling a box truck or a loaded work truck: tell us the size so we can plan the tow. Our box trucks and semis page explains how we arrange the right tow for heavier vehicles, and trucks, vans and SUVs covers the lighter ones.

Stickers come off at the sale

Justice requires a village vehicle sticker on the lower passenger-side corner of the windshield, and its vehicle license rules make it unlawful to keep or store a vehicle anywhere in the village without one. When a vehicle is sold, the sticker has to be removed right away. Our guide to plates and the city sticker is written for Chicago, but the same habit applies here: take off your plates and peel off the village sticker before we tow.

Apartment lots are fine

Half of the homes in Justice are in multi-unit buildings, according to Census Reporter’s Justice profile, based on the 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey. So a dead car here may well be in an apartment or condo lot rather than a driveway. That’s fine: get the property manager’s okay, and we’ll handle the rest. If your title came from another state when you moved here, read our out-of-state title guide before you call.