<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-12-014676.txt : 20121001
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-12-014676.hdr.sgml : 20121001
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20121001163515
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-12-014676
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120927
FILED AS OF DATE:		20121001
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20121001

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wylie Thomas
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001289934

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23255
		FILM NUMBER:		121120313

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

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:		14185 DALLAS PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75254
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7076395000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14185 DALLAS PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75254
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option vested 20% after the first year, and thereafter monthly, ratably, over the remaining 48 months vesting term.  The option grant date was September 28, 2007, and it becomes fully exercisable on September 28, 2012.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option was previously reported as an option for 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $34.39 per share of which 49,167 remained exercisable, but was adjusted to reflect the stock dividend declared by Copart on March 8,2012</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 1,723 shares of Common Stock acquired under the Copmany's 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 30, 2011 (332 shares), December 31, 2011 (264 shares) and June 30, 2012 (531 shares).  As a result of the stock dividend declared in Footnote 2, the reporting person received 596 shares of Copart common stock as of March 23, 2012.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas Wylie</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-10-01</signatureDate>
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