Harkadir

Harkadir is the official electronic auction site of the Compulsory Enforcement Service, a body of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia. Everything listed has been seized from debtors in enforcement proceedings and is sold to satisfy court-ordered claims, under Articles 77-81 of the Armenian Law on Enforcement Proceedings. The service is based at Halabyan 41a in Yerevan and runs lots through its regional divisions. The site is in Armenian only. It is served from ajurd.am; the older harkadir.ajurd.am address still resolves, but its certificate covers only the parent domain, so browsers stop you with a security warning there.

What you can buy

• Land and property: the largest section at just over 560 lots. Arable land, orchards, pasture, hayfield and homestead plots, frequently sold as fractional shares (1/2, 1/5, 1/7), plus apartments, houses and other buildings.
• Vehicles: around 210 lots. Passenger cars dominate, from Skoda Octavia, Opel Astra, BMW and Nissan down to Soviet-era VAZ and GAZ models, alongside trucks, buses and other transport.
• Jewellery and valuables: currently gold rings, earrings, chains, bracelets, crosses, pendants and scrap gold; the section's subcategories also cover gold bars, coins, watches and diamonds, though those are usually empty.
• Machinery: machine tools and industrial equipment form the third-biggest section at over 60 lots, with construction and agricultural machines appearing in small numbers.
• Goods and parts: car spare parts, clothing and accessories, furniture, computer hardware and foodstuffs.

How the bidding works

Individuals, companies and municipalities may register, and so may the debtor and the creditor themselves. The online form asks for passport number, date of birth, address, citizenship and an Armenian social card number; you can also register in person at the auction organisation department in Yerevan or at a regional office. Before bidding you freeze a deposit of 5% of the starting price through the online payment system, or pay it into the service deposit account or cash desk. Each lot is an ascending timed auction closing on the working day after the tenth day from publication, and any bid in the final ten minutes extends it by ten more. Minimum increments are set by law against the starting price, from AMD 500 up to AMD 100,000. Deposits of losing bidders are unfrozen or refunded within three working days.

What to check before you bid

The winner has three working days to pay the full price into the service deposit account; miss that and the deposit is forfeited. The contract is signed with the enforcement officer within five working days of the money landing, after which ownership must be registered within 30 working days for real estate or 15 days for a vehicle, or the transaction is void. Condition notes are blunt: car lots state that only a visual inspection was carried out, that engine and gearbox could not be tested, and that hidden defects may emerge. Prices are in Armenian dram, and the guide, FAQ and lot descriptions exist only in Armenian, so budget for translation. A starting price falls by 10% after each failed re-auction, up to the fifteenth round, so a cheap lot is often one nobody wanted. Collection is lot-specific: every listing names its own location, which may be a service guarded compound, a regional division address or, for land and buildings, the property itself.

Access note: the site is served over HTTPS with a certificate issued for a different hostname, so most browsers show a security warning before letting you through. That is a configuration fault on the operator’s side, not a sign the portal is fake — but treat any page asking for payment details there with extra care.