Consider donating the vehicle you’ve been thinking of getting rid of to RCTC! Your donation will be used during classroom instruction by students in our Automotive Technician Program. Submit your vehicle donation request with the following form:
Vehicle Donation Details
- After submitting the Vehicle Donation Form and an initial review by the Automotive Technician Program, an appointment will be arranged.
- Vehicle donations will only be accepted by appointment at our main campus located at the RCTC Heintz Center, 1926 Collegeview Rd E, Rochester, MN 55904.
- Vehicles should be brought to the East side of Heintz Center Campus and parked in the East Parking Lot. Go In door H8, take a right once inside the double doors. Enter the Deans Office Suite – H1001.
- Donors are responsible for transporting the vehicle to the RCTC campus.
- If your vehicle needs to be towed to our campus, you must accompany the vehicle.
- We will only accept cars or light-duty trucks 20 years old or newer.
- You must provide the title and/or a lien release if there was ever a loan on the vehicle.
- RCTC will not determine the value of the donated car. Instead you must check with the NADA or Kelley Blue Book and your accountant to determine the value and how much you can claim on your income tax forms.
- Donations are not accepted on holidays or during college breaks.
- Donations are accepted during the summer months.
- Please do not drop vehicles off without completing the necessary paperwork.
- A vehicle left at RCTC for more than one day without authorization will be considered abandoned and will be towed at the owner’s expense.
Questions
Please contact Michele Altman at 507-280-3151 if you have further questions.