| The United States Government has laws on the | | | | cars by way of a public auction where you can bid on |
| books allowing government agencies and police | | | | and buy them. Some cars seized because of drugs |
| departments to seize vehicles that are used in the | | | | found in car are only a couple of months old, have |
| transportation or sale of illegal narcotics, or bought with | | | | very few miles, and are in great condition. You are |
| money gained from their sale. These are known as | | | | allowed to inspect the vehicles prior to the auction, to |
| drug dealers cars, or drug seized cars. When a | | | | see if there is any problems that may affect safety or |
| prosecution happens, and the judge orders the | | | | reliability. If you are not knowledgeable about cars, you |
| forfeiture of a vehicle, it becomes the property of | | | | should bring someone who is, to check out the car for |
| which ever agency or department seized it. These | | | | you. |
| vehicles can be used by the agency or department | | | | When the bidding starts, it starts very low, and the high |
| that seized it as a undercover vehicle, unmarked car, | | | | bidder takes it home. Most cars sell for several |
| or police car. If they have no use for it, it goes to a | | | | thousand less than they are worth, but sometimes |
| government auction. | | | | great cars sell for next to nothing. Five hundred dollar |
| Several times a year in each state, the various | | | | cars are not the general rule, but it does sometimes |
| departments and agencies dispose of their surplus | | | | happen if there is nobody else bidding on the car. |