Justice is a Cook County village of about 12,600 people (2020 Census) covering a little under 3 square miles in Lyons Township, all under ZIP code 60458. Archer Avenue, which is Illinois Route 171 and appears as “Archer Road” in the village code, runs diagonally through it. 79th Street and 83rd Street cross it too, and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) passes through, with ramps at La Grange Road near the line with Willow Springs. The village’s neighbors are Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, Willow Springs and Bedford Park.
One road from Ashburn: 79th Street
Justice is easy to reach from our side of the map. The usual route from 79th Street and Pulaski Road runs about 6 miles and takes around a quarter hour: turn west onto 79th Street and stay on it through Burbank and Bridgeview until you’re in Justice. Archer Avenue also has its own 79th Street interchange inside the village, so a car near either road is simple to get to.
Shared lots are the norm in Justice
This is the part that sets Justice apart from many of the suburbs we cover. Census Bureau survey figures put roughly half of Justice’s housing in multi-unit buildings, with more than 4 in 10 homes in complexes of five units or larger. Detached houses make up only about a third of the stock, and just over half of households own. A small share are mobile homes.
So a typical Justice pickup is a car that has stopped running in an apartment or condo lot. That works fine for us, as long as you’ve cleared it with whoever runs the lot. Clear the pickup with the manager or association, note the space number, and make sure the car isn’t boxed in. If the car is in a tight garage or behind a building, our page on cars that don’t run explains what helps a driver load it.
Don’t plan on moving a dead car onto a main road to make pickup easier. Parking is off limits by code on the pavement, the right-of-way and the first 10 feet from the curb on 79th Street west of Roberts Road, on parts of Archer Road, and on 83rd Street from Roberts Road to 81st Avenue.
How Justice’s code treats a car that won’t move
Section 6-41 of the Justice code gives “abandoned vehicle” a wide meaning: a car too run down to drive counts, and so does a car that has sat for 7 days or more looking deserted. Section 6-42 forbids leaving such a car on a highway, and forbids leaving it in public view anywhere except land owned by the car’s owner or keeper. If the car sits on another person’s private property, the police chief can order it hauled away, but only after at least 7 days. The text is in Article 6 of the Justice village code.
That matters most in shared lots. An apartment parking space usually isn’t the car owner’s property, so a dead car left there for weeks is exactly what these sections describe. We didn’t find a separate inoperable-vehicle nuisance section in the code we read, so ask the village if you have a notice and aren’t sure which rule it cites.
The sticker rule covers parked cars too
Justice wants its vehicle decal on the windshield’s lower passenger corner, and each sticker year starts July 1 and ends June 30. The code doesn’t stop at driving: using a car on village streets or alleys requires one, and so does simply keeping it parked or stored inside village limits. According to the village, that applies to vehicles registered to a Justice address and to vehicles registered elsewhere but kept in Justice at least half the time. If you keep renewing a decal for a car that hasn’t started in months, our guide to vehicle stickers after selling a car covers what to do once it’s gone.
Winter parking
After an inch of snow, Justice wants cars off its streets until plowing is finished, and its snow routes are signed. Cars left in the way can be ticketed or towed. A car that won’t start can’t be moved off the street when the snow comes, which is a good reason to sell it before the first storm.
Describing the spot in Justice
Resurrection Cemetery, the 397-acre Catholic cemetery on Archer Road (and the reputed home of the Resurrection Mary ghost story), is the easiest landmark to give. Lithuanian National Cemetery lies inside the village too, and Village Hall sits on Archer Road as well. Kids here attend Indian Springs School District 109 schools before going to Argo Community High School in Summit. There’s bus service from Pace but no train station to steer by, so a building name and the nearest cross street work best.
The sale itself
Call (708) 838-5553 (we’re available 24 hours, every day) or fill out the cash offer form. We buy cars, trucks, vans and SUVs in any state of junk, including wrecked, burned, flooded and keyless ones, but not good running cars for resale. Towing is included in the offer.
Before the truck comes, tell us what papers you have: a title, registration, a bill of sale or an insurance card. Which of those papers will do for a scrap sale is an Illinois question, and we answer it for your car on the call. The driver pays you at pickup. To see the other places we cover, visit our service areas page.
Map of Justice
Justice questions
Can you pick up a junk car from an apartment complex lot in Justice?
Yes, as long as you sort out access first. Many Justice residents live in larger apartment buildings, and their lots often have a manager, assigned spaces or a gate. Give the property a heads-up about the pickup, tell us the building and space, and we'll handle the rest.
Does a car I'm just storing in Justice still need a village sticker?
Under the village code, yes. The sticker rule reaches cars that just sit, not only cars driven on village streets, so a stored car without a current decal breaks it. The village says this covers cars registered here and cars housed here at least half the time. Selling the car ends the question.
What counts as an abandoned car in Justice?
Two kinds of car qualify under the code: one too broken down to drive, and one that hasn't moved for a week or longer and seems deserted. Only the owner's own property is a lawful place to leave one in public view; on anyone else's lot, the chief of police may have it removed once the code's waiting time passes.
How long does it take a truck to reach Justice?
The drive from 79th and Pulaski is about 6 miles and roughly a quarter hour in normal traffic, nearly all of it on 79th Street. Same-day pickup is often possible, but the actual time depends on the day's other jobs, so we set it with you on the call.