SAINT PAUL — Members of the public are invited to bid on a variety of surplus goods at a State of Minnesota auction on Saturday, July 16 in Arden Hills, MN. The auction will include approximately 125 cars and trucks, plus heavy trucks, a 4700 dump truck, plow trucks, a fuel tanker truck, skid steer, mowers, ATVs, shop equipment, grounds equipment, bikes, police property room items, and more.

The auction opens for inspection and registration at 8 a.m., with bidding beginning at about 9:30 a.m. The auction is held at the Department of Administration Fleet and Surplus Services building at 5420 Old Highway 8 — on the southeast corner of Interstate 35W and Ramsey County Road I in Arden Hills. All items are sold as-is, where-is; all sales are final and must be settled in full with cash or personal check the day of the auction. A government issued picture ID is required. 

Convenient, quick, and easy registration and bidding numbers are available online. The only requirements are a computer with an internet connection and a printer. Simple instructions are on the ‘Auctions’ link of the Surplus Services website, at www.mnsurplus.org. Current customers of the state’s MinnBid internet auction service can get a bidding card online in just seconds.

The state conducts about 12 surplus goods auctions each year and sells surplus continuously at www.minnbid.org. An auction calendar for 2016 is available at www.mnsurplus.org.