CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Copart, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 33-81238) on Form S-8 of Copart, Inc. of our report dated September 26,
1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Copart, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of July 31, 1997, and 1996, and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended July 31, 1997, and related schedule, which report
appears in the July 31, 1997, annual report on Form 10-K of Copart, Inc.



                                                 KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

San Francisco, California
October 27, 1997