Buying Government Vehicles Explained: Part 2 – Government Seized Vehicles Sold by The US Marshals Service

As mentioned in the last post on Buying Government Vehcles Explained: Part 1, there are 2 types of government vehicles that the public can buy:

1. One type is the fleet of vehicles that are used by government employees.
2. The other type are the vehicles that are seized by the government -  depending on the branch of the government that seized the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle is either sold by the U.S. Marshals Service or the Department of the Treasury.

In the first part of the article, we covered the first type.  In this post, we will cover the second type which consists of the government seized vehicles sold by the U.S. Marshals Service.  In the next post, we will provide information on government seized vehicles sold by the Department of the Treasury.

Government Seized Vehicles Sold by the U.S. Marshals Service

Government seized vehicles include the cars, trucks, motorcycles, SUV’s, etc that are seized by federal law enforcement agencies and U.S. attorneys nationwide including The Marshals Service; U.S. Attorney’s Offices; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration; Department of Homeland Security, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The U.S. Marshals Service administers the Department of Justice’s Asset Forfeiture Program by managing and disposing of the vehicles as well as other properties seized such as  residential, commercial real estate, Land, business establishments, Financial Instruments and a wide range of personal property such as boats, aircraft, jewelry, art, antiques, and collectibles.

The Marshals Service manages and disposes of all assets seized for forfeiture by utilizing successful procedures employed by the private sector. The Marshals Service contracts with a number of qualified vendors to dispose of and sell the motor vehicles and other properties with the objective of minimizing the amount of time an asset remains in inventory and maximizing the net return to the government.

The U.S. Marshals Service offers property for sale to the public which has been forfeited under laws enforced or administered by the United States Department of Justice, its investigative agencies (Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), and certain other federal law enforcement agencies.  More than 8,400 items of forfeited property are sold annually with gross sales of $97 million.

Typically, motor vehicles are sold through auctions across states throughout the U.S.  Below is a list of contract service providers and federal agencies who have been authorized to sell forfeited vehicles and other properties. To get a list of the motor vehicles being auctioned off, you’ll have to locate the service provider below for your state and contact them.  Unfortunately, the U.S. Marshals Service does not maintain a central or single list of the vehicles.  The link to the list on the U.S. Marshals Service website is http://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/nsl.htm

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