Suffolk police to auction 130 vehicles on Saturday

Want a Jeep Cherokee or Chevy Silverado? How about a Mercedes-Benz?

Those are among the 130 vehicles being offered at the Suffolk County police impound section auction on Saturday at the police lot on Old Country Road in Westhampton.

Police said all vehicles are sold “as is.” Included in the auction are sedans, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles and even vehicle trailers.

Participants must be registered in order to bid. Registration will take place on-site Friday, as well as on auction day. Registrants must have a valid ID and business bidders must have a valid state tax certificate, police said.

All buyers will receive a title valid in New York State and, police said, the bill of sale is nontransferable.

There is a $20 fee for a replacement bill of sale.

Previews began Thursday and continue Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The auction starts at 9 a.m.

For more information, visit the Suffolk police department’s Impound Section Auction page.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misstated the requirement for a tax certificate; only business bidders must have a valid state tax certificate.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”