Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 6 - Auctioneers
- § 43-6-1 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Absolute auction" shall mean that ownership and title of real or personal property offered at auction...
- § 43-6-2 - Creation of Commission; Composition; Terms of Office; Qualifications of Members
(a) The Georgia Auctioneers Commission is created under the Secretary of State and the division director.(b) The commission shall be composed of six members,...
- § 43-6-3 - Selection of Chairman; Rules and Regulations; Meetings
(a) The commission shall organize by selecting from its members a chairman and may do all things necessary and convenient to carry this chapter...
- § 43-6-4 - Reimbursement of Commission Members
Each member of the commission shall be reimbursed as provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 43-1-2.
- § 43-6-5 - Commission Reports to Governor and General Assembly
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1990, p. 576, § 3, effective March 30, 1990.
- § 43-6-6 - Seal
The commission shall adopt a seal, which may be either an engraved or ink stamp seal, with the words "State Auctioneers Commission, State of...
- § 43-6-7 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations
The commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations relating to the professional conduct of licensees, a code of ethics, and the administration of...
- § 43-6-8 - Authority to Regulate Issuance of Licenses, to Revoke or Suspend Licenses, and to Censure Licensees
Except as provided in Code Section 43-1-4, the commission shall have the power to regulate the issuance of licenses, to revoke or suspend licenses...
- § 43-6-9 - License Requirement for Auctioneers; Registration for Companies Conducting Auctions; Restrictions As to Sales of Real Property
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to engage in, conduct, advertise, hold himself or herself out as engaging in...
- § 43-6-10 - Application by Person for License
Any person desiring to act as an auctioneer must file an application for a license with the commission. The application shall be in such...
- § 43-6-11 - Qualifications of Applicants
(a) No auctioneer's license shall be issued to any person who has not attained the age of 18 years, nor to any person who...
- § 43-6-11.1 - Application by Company for Registration; Exemptions; Trust Accounts
(a) No company shall be registered to engage in the business of auctioning unless such company furnishes to the commission: (1) A completed application...
- § 43-6-11.2 - Expiration of Licenses; Waiver of Continuing Education Requirement; Rules and Regulations
(a) Licenses for auctioneers shall expire biennially as provided in Code Section 43-1-4. The commission shall be authorized to require persons seeking renewal of...
- § 43-6-12 - Reciprocity; Nonresident License Requirement; Designation of Agents for Service of Process
(a) Any resident of another state who holds a current license as an auctioneer under the laws of any other state having requirements similar...
- § 43-6-12.1 - Proof of Residence
In order for an applicant to obtain an auctioneer's license, such applicant must show proof of a residence.
- § 43-6-13 - License Fees; Effect of Nonpayment of Checks Submitted As Fee
(a) The division director, at the time an application for licensure is submitted, shall collect from an applicant a fee in an amount established...
- § 43-6-14 - Affixing Seal to Licenses; Delivery of Licenses; Display of Licenses; Pocket Card; Branch Office Licenses
Each license shall have placed thereon the seal of the commission. The license of each auctioneer shall be delivered or mailed to his or...
- § 43-6-14.1 - Carrying License Identification Card Required
All licensees must carry on their person, when participating in the auctioneering business in any capacity, their Georgia auctioneer's license identification card and must...
- § 43-6-15 - Surety Bond
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1409, § 4, effective July 1, 1989.
- § 43-6-16 - Grounds for Refusal to Issue License
(a) Licenses shall be granted only to persons who bear a good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, and competence to transact the business of...
- § 43-6-17 - Procedure Upon Nonacceptance of Applications
If the commission, after an application in proper form has been filed and accompanied by the proper fee, shall refuse to accept the application,...
- § 43-6-18 - Grounds for Revocation or Suspension of Licenses and Censure of Licensees
The commission may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the signed complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any auctioneer...
- § 43-6-18.1 - Inspector
The commission shall have an inspector with full inspection rights and privileges for all auctions conducted in this state. This inspector shall have the...
- § 43-6-18.2 - Sanctions
After notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in Code Section 43-6-19, the commission, in its discretion, may sanction, as provided in Code Section...
- § 43-6-19 - Hearings Regarding Revocation or Suspension of Licenses or Censure of Licensees; Appeals
Before the commission shall censure a licensee or before revoking or suspending a license, it shall provide for a hearing for such holder of...
- § 43-6-20 - Effect of Revocation of Auctioneer's License on Licenses of Apprentice Auctioneers
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2014, p. 294, § 9/HB 1042, effective July 1, 2014.
- § 43-6-21 - Notification of Change of Business Address
Should the auctioneer change his or her place of business, he or she shall notify the commission in writing within ten days of such...
- § 43-6-22 - Prerequisite for Bringing Action for Compensation; Power of Commission to Sue for Violation
(a) No person shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of...
- § 43-6-22.1 - Auctioneers Education, Research, and Recovery Fund
(a) The commission is authorized and directed to establish and maintain an auctioneers education, research, and recovery fund.(b) The commission shall maintain a minimum...
- § 43-6-23 - Injunctions
Whenever, in the judgment of the commission, any person has engaged in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of...
- § 43-6-24 - Exceptions to Operation of Chapter
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter shall not apply to any person acting as a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, administrator, executor,...
- § 43-6-24.1 - Liabilities of Licensed Auctioneer Not Relieved
Nothing in this chapter shall relieve an auctioneer licensed in this state of all his or her liabilities under this chapter.
- § 43-6-25 - Penalty
Any person or corporation acting as an auctioneer within the meaning of this chapter without a license and any person who violates this chapter...
- § 43-6-25.1 - Local Regulations and Licensing
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any lawful regulation or licensing of auctioneers by any municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state;...
- § 43-6-26 - Termination
Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, § 6, effective July 1, 1992.
Last modified: October 14, 2016