U.P. for sale

Are you shopping for unclaimed property?  Here are your options!

Some states conduct auctions of their unclaimed properties via EBay.  These properties usually include safe deposit box contents.  The money earned from the auction is added to the rightful owner’s account in the state treasurer database.  We are working on a reference list of states and their EBay usernames to share on this page.  Please contact us if you have any states to add.

State Ebay Seller Name
Arkansas  ar.unclaimedproperty
California  Private Auction Page
Colorado  Co.unclaimed.property
Illinois  Illinois’ IBid site
Indiana  Indiana_unclaimed
Iowa  ia.unclaimed.property
Maryland  mdcompfranchot
Massachusetts  mass.state.treasury
Nebraska  nebraska.unclaimedproperty
Pennsylvania  pastatetreasury
Texas Tx.unclaimed.property
Washington, D.C. DistrictofColumbia
Wisconsin wi.unclaimedproperty

Other options are shown here:

  1. The Unclaimed Baggage Center hopes to get some inventory for sale via their website in 2011.
  2. Storage unit auctions are conducted all the time all over the country.  Look in the classified ads of your local newspaper.  Better yet, search the online ads for the word “storage unit”.  Call the local businesses to learn of upcoming auctions.  This trend has received increased popularity since the television debuts of Storage Wars on A&E and Auction Hunters on the Spike Network.  The Self Storage Association maintains a listing of facilities nationwide that can be contacted about abandoned property auctions of complete storage units.
  3. Police, government and IRS auctions are a form of unclaimed property sales.  Many times these are live and local events not widely publicized online. CWS Marketing provides updates about property seized by Federal Agencies, including the U.S. Department of Treasury.  Sign up for their alerts about upcoming auctions.
  4. GovDeals.com helps agencies sell unclaimed property.
  5. The Property Room maintains auctions of property forfeited to police departments.
  6. The U.S. Marshals Service maintains forfeited property auctions at Bid 4 Assets.
  7. Crown Assets Distribution is the place for Canadian sales of federal surplus goods.
  8. United States Postal Service (USPS) holds public auctions for the sale of unclaimed, damaged and claim-paid merchandise.
  9. The GSA also maintains a listing of bargain automobiles up for auction.
  10. HUD maintains a portal of the agencies that currently have single-family and multi-family homes for sale.
  11. HUD’s Good Neighbor Next Door program provides law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians with the opportunity to purchase homes located in revitalization areas at significant discount.
  12. Real estate available for sale by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is listed here.
  13. Boat Owners Association of the U.S. lists boat auctions from watercraft damaged in recent hurricanes.
  14. Although not directly related to unclaimed property, you can find information about government real estate utilization and disposal at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Office of Real Property Disposal (for auctions).

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