Bad ...Timing?

Written by Liana Metal


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Police Auctions & Government Auctions Professional Resource Information

Written by Daniel Holmbeck


Police Auctions Information: No, a police auction is not where you go to buy a policeman. Most people do not realize that police agencies, including local police departments, county sheriff departments, as well as state and federal law enforcement agencies end up with a lot of confiscated, lost, or abandoned property. This property ends up inrepparttar agency's possession asrepparttar 101427 result of arrests, forfeitures, and just plain carelessness onrepparttar 101428 part ofrepparttar 101429 property owner who sets a camera down in some public place and walks away. Oncerepparttar 101430 agency has accumulated enough property they will hold a police impound auction. The purpose ofrepparttar 101431 police impound auction is two-fold. First, they want to empty out their property rooms which, inrepparttar 101432 case of some state and federal agencies, may berepparttar 101433 size of a warehouse. Second, they want to turn this unclaimed or forfeited property into cash. This cash usually goes back intorepparttar 101434 agency's budget, but it is sometimes earmarked forrepparttar 101435 particular government's "general fund". No matter whererepparttar 101436 money ends up, police auctions are usually a big money raiser for larger departments. Forfeited Property & Police Impound Auction: Items that fall under this category are usuallyrepparttar 101437 creme de la creme ofrepparttar 101438 police auctions industry. This is where you can find anything from motorcycles and cars, to boats, airplanes, and homes! Forfeited property is generallyrepparttar 101439 result of drug arrests where it was determined thatrepparttar 101440 seized property was either used inrepparttar 101441 commission of drug-related crimes, or was purchased with money that was received asrepparttar 101442 result of a drug-related crime. When you bid on this type of property at a police impound auction you are agreeing to acceptrepparttar 101443 item "as is". You need to be aware thatrepparttar 101444 term "as is" does not simple refer to blemishes or minor damage. If, for example, you buy property at auction, and that property has tax liens placed against it, you will be expected to clear those liens before you can take rightful ownership. The same holds true for mortgages or car loans. You can find some real bargains at police auctions for this type of high-value merchandise but you need to perform your due diligence so you don't end up in red ink afterrepparttar 101445 transaction. Unclaimed & Abandoned Property: You would be shocked at what kind of property that people either lose or simply walk away from. You would be equally shocked at how many honest people find that property and turn it intorepparttar 101446 police department. Ultimately, if no one claimsrepparttar 101447 property, andrepparttar 101448 owner cannot be otherwise be located -- it ends up at a police auction where it is sold torepparttar 101449 highest bidder. Police auctions can be fun and profitable. Especially police auto auctions. Watch your local papers for announcements, or contactrepparttar 101450 law enforcement agencies in your area and find out when they are runningrepparttar 101451 next police auctions. Http://DEAauctions.COM is an unchallenged leader inrepparttar 101452 Auction information Industry and will transformrepparttar 101453 way you search & locaterepparttar 101454 Billions of dollars in property that is auctioned off throughoutrepparttar 101455 country every year.

Auction Process: Most jurisdictions have specific laws, or ordinances, that deal with howrepparttar 101456 auction will be conducted. In almost every instance,repparttar 101457 agency that is conductingrepparttar 101458 police impound auction is required to publish a full description ofrepparttar 101459 items that will be auctioned as well asrepparttar 101460 date, time, and location ofrepparttar 101461 auction. they will also publish payment terms which may be cash, money order, certified check, or any other payment method that they choose to accept. They will usually also publish additional terms such as how long you have to removerepparttar 101462 property formrepparttar 101463 auction site once you winrepparttar 101464 bid, plus any legal disclaimers thatrepparttar 101465 lawyers think need to be mentioned. This publication is normally placed in at least one major newspaper that servesrepparttar 101466 area with inrepparttar 101467 law enforcement agency's jurisdiction. The purpose of this publication is first: to notifyrepparttar 101468 owner ofrepparttar 101469 property that they have one last chance to redeem it before it is sold at auction, and second: to generate publicity forrepparttar 101470 police auction so that it will be well attended. Depending uponrepparttar 101471 size ofrepparttar 101472 agency, andrepparttar 101473 agency's experience conducting auctions, a police auction will either be run byrepparttar 101474 police department itself, another government agency that is responsible for fiscal matters, or an outside auction company. The police auction might be held onrepparttar 101475 steps ofrepparttar 101476 County Courthouse, a room inside of some government office, or a public arena. The location ofrepparttar 101477 police auction depends a lot uponrepparttar 101478 size ofrepparttar 101479 agency and how much property is being auctioned off.

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