As you are going through security at the airport, the
alarm goes off and you get nervous. You
know you don’t have any contraband or illegal items, but with the levels of
security that are employed nowadays, the small pocket knife that Uncle Tony
gave you is still in your pocket. What to do? You can either leave the line, try to get back
to your car, and put it away, or the TSA will confiscate it. Although sentimental to you, you
decide that there is not enough time to go back to your auto. What happens to Uncle Tony’s knife?
Federal, state and local laws and statute require that
government agencies, sell seized, found, unclaimed and recovered property at public
auctions. Most of the proceeds find their way back into our
communities. With this in mind, there
are a lot of unscrupulous people on the Internet or through SPAM mail that will
offer to sell you information about government auctions for a price. However, most of this information is
available on the Internet for free and can be found simply by using a search
engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo.
The Federal Government announces many auctions on through
the GSA (General Services Administration) website. On this site you can find auctions for
various items including furniture, photographic equipment, jewelry and
exotic collectibles. Other government
auctions can be found on the U.S. Marshalls Service website, which includes
auctions for vehicles, clothing and handbags.
One commercial website, propertyroom.com has contracts with many police
departments around the country and features online auctions for fine art,
electronics and coins.
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