Boat Auctions Near Me

Boat Auctions by state

Every state with live boat auctions right now, most first. Each page shows the auctions with photos, the cities with the most, who is selling, and what the same things sold for there.

• North Carolina34
• Georgia11
• Texas10
• Virginia10
• Ohio9
• Missouri8
• Florida7
• Minnesota6
• South Carolina4
• Maryland4
• New Jersey4
• Indiana3
• California3
• Arkansas2
• Alaska2

How boat auctions near you work

Boats at government auction come from marine patrols, fire and rescue units, wildlife agencies and seizures, and they are sold where they sit, which is usually a marina, an impound lot or an agency yard near the water. A boat on a trailer is a drive home; one in the water needs a haul-out and a trailer, so the local ones are the ones to bid on.

UX Search reads 8 government auction platforms for this category and has 409 boat auctions live right now across 29 states, with the most in North Carolina (34), Georgia (11), Texas (10), Virginia (10), Ohio (9). The sellers are police departments, sheriff's offices and the agencies around them, and what they sell is patrol boats, rescue boats, pontoons, outboards, jet skis and seized vessels. Coastal and lake states sell the most; a retired patrol boat with a good hull and a tired outboard is the common lot.

Local means the pickup location, not the seller's headquarters. A state agency can list a truck at a district yard 200 miles from the capital, and a federal sale can be at a base or a depot anywhere in the country, so read the location on the listing rather than the agency's name. Our city pages sort the live auctions by where the item actually is, and the closing-soonest list on each state page tells you what to decide on first.

Bidding is open to anyone who registers on the platform that runs the sale, which is free on most of them and takes a card on file or a deposit on some. The winning bid is not the whole price: a buyer's premium of a few percent to around 12 percent is added on most platforms, sales tax applies unless you are exempt, and a late pickup can cost a daily storage fee or the item itself. The middle hammer price for boat auctions in our archive this year is $875; the state table below shows how that varies.

Questions people ask

How do I find boat auctions near me?

Pick your state below, or let the page find it: UX Search reads where the request comes from and shows the live boat auctions in that state and, where it can, your city. Every state page lists the live auctions with photos and the cities with the most, and every listing links to the official platform that runs the sale.

Are there boat auctions in every state?

Right now UX Search shows live boat auctions in 29 states, with the most in North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Ohio. Counts change by the hour as agencies post listings and sales close.

Do I have to pick up in person?

Usually, yes. Government surplus is sold as is, where it is, and the listing names the pickup location and the window, often five to ten business days after the sale closes. Some sellers allow a shipper or a third party to collect with written authorization; vehicles and equipment almost always have to be collected or hauled.

What do boat auctions sell for?

Over the past year the UX Search sold archive recorded 678 closed sales in this category with a middle hammer price of $875, from $1 to $800,000, before the buyer's premium and tax. The table on this page shows the middle price by state.

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Live counts from the UX Search index, updated every 15 minutes. Sold prices are real hammer prices from the UX sold archive over the past year. Your state comes from where the request was made (nothing is stored); the state picker overrides it. UX Search is independent and never takes a bid.