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they are used in illegal activities and impounded usually major felonies or taken in tax cases

office workers or police officers just drove them and r getting new ones… So, they sell them to try to get some money out of them!!

Depends on which “government” (City, County, State, Federal).

Some cars are those used by the government entity itself that have reached end of “book value” so are being disposed of usually because they have bought new ones. You can buy used police cars, US Postal vehicles etc… for personal use.

Some cars were abandoned and towed to an impound lot then never claimed by the original owners.

Some were seized by the government for suspected or convicted crimes.

With the corruption of our Constitution wherein government agencies can now seize your assets without due process the latter category is now rather large. The government agencies in the name of drug suppression can seize your assets on “suspicion” without a warrant and make YOU prove you didn’t commit a crime rather than requiring them to prove you did. This is one of the many reasons the war on drugs is worse than the problem it is trying to solve.

Some were seized in drug busts, some are taken to satisfy tax accounts and other circumstances. They are not taken because the owner couldn’t pay for them. There are also vehicles deemed surplus by the using agency.

When I was active duty in the military, there had to be some way of dispensing with our automotive fleet when it was worn out and this is a method as all the other folks have mentioned also.