Police Auctions Near Me

Police Auctions by state

Every state with live police 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.

• California56
• Oklahoma47
• Pennsylvania39
• Kansas37
• Georgia35
• Wisconsin24
• Texas23
• Florida22
• Washington18
• Nevada17
• Indiana17
• South Carolina16
• Ohio16
• New Jersey16
• Utah14

How police auctions near you work

Police departments and sheriff's offices sell two kinds of things at auction: the vehicles they retire, which are the Interceptors, Tahoes, Chargers and Durangos you see on the road, and the property they seized or recovered and could not return, from bicycles and tools to jewelry and electronics. Both are sold through the same government auction platforms, and both are usually pickup only at the department or the county yard.

UX Search reads 11 government auction platforms for this category and has 641 police auctions live right now across 41 states, with the most in California (56), Oklahoma (47), Pennsylvania (39), Kansas (37), Georgia (35). The sellers are police departments, sheriff's offices and the agencies around them, and what they sell is retired patrol vehicles, seized and unclaimed property, and the department's own surplus. A retired Ford Police Interceptor Utility with 100,000 miles, decommissioned with the lights and radio removed, sells for a fraction of what the same Explorer costs at a dealer.

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 police auctions in our archive this year is $1,925; the state table below shows how that varies.

Questions people ask

How do I find police 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 police 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 police auctions in every state?

Right now UX Search shows live police auctions in 41 states, with the most in California, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Georgia. 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 police auctions sell for?

Over the past year the UX Search sold archive recorded 2,052 closed sales in this category with a middle hammer price of $1,925, from $1 to $21,500, 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.