<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-11-014587.txt : 20111031
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-11-014587.hdr.sgml : 20111031
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20111031173209
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-11-014587
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111027
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111031

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADAIR A JAYSON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001239685

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23255
		FILM NUMBER:		111169157

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COPART INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000900075
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]
		IRS NUMBER:				942867490
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0731

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4665 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			FAIRFIELD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94534
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7076395000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4665 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			FAIRFIELD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94534
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        <issuerName>COPART INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>FAIRFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                    <value>D</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-01-22</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares withheld by the issuer in payment of the aggregate option exercise price and withholding tax liability incurred upon the reported option exericse.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option vested 20% after the first year, and thereafter monthly, ratably, over the remaining 48 months vesting term. Teh option grant date was January 22, 2004, and it became fully exercisable on January 22, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reflects shares held by A. Jayson Adair and Tammi L. Adair Revocable Trust, of which the reporting person and the reporting person's spouse are trustees.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Reflects shares held by an irrevocable trusst for the benefit of a member of the reporting person's immediate family.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>A. Jayson Adair</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-10-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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