August 22, 2026

State Holding Online Auction This Weekend

By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

August 22, 2026

MONTGOMERY Ala. The Surplus Property Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs have announced an upcoming auction that will have things available for just about anyone.

A wide variety of items including recreational vehicles, automobiles, boats, tools, computers, restaurant and office equipment, furniture and more will be up for bid this Saturday in the latest online state surplus property auction.

The auction will held from 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, until the last bidding closes on Sunday, Aug. 30.

To find out how to become a qualified bidder, visit https://adeca.alabama.gov/publicauctions/. Starting on Saturday morning, all auction items will be listed here: https://www.govdeals.com/alabamasurplus.

In addition to property no longer needed by state and federal agencies, ADECA acquires items abandoned voluntarily at several airports in the Southeast.

Public viewing and inspections of the auction inventory will be available at the Surplus Property Division’s Distribution Center in Montgomery at 4590 Mobile Highway from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Wednesday, Aug. 26, to Friday, Aug. 28. Photos of some of the items being listed are available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adeca/albums/72177720335111943/

ADECA holds online public auctions periodically each year, but surplus items are available at any time to municipal and county governments, state agencies and qualified nonprofit organizations. All items are sold as is without guarantees. All sales are final upon pickup and removal of the property.

In addition to the surplus property auctions, ADECA administers a variety of grant programs for law enforcement, victim services, economic development, energy conservation, water resource management, broadband expansion and recreation development.

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