2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-58 - Auctioneers
§ 5-58-1 - Licensing of auctioneers and apprentices.

SECTION 5-58-1

   § 5-58-1  Licensing of auctioneers and apprentices. – (a) Any person desiring to hold an auctioneer's license or apprentice auctioneer's permit shall make written application for that license or permit on appropriate forms provided by the director of the department of business regulations. Each applicant shall be a person who has a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness, and fair dealing; good moral character, and is competent and financially qualified to conduct the business of an auctioneer or apprentice all of which may be considered by the director along with any other information the director deems appropriate in determining whether the granting of the application is in the public interest. Other information deemed appropriate includes, but is not limited to, a criminal records check. The director shall process the criminal records check for all resident applicants for an auctioneer's license. Non-resident applicants for an auctioneer's license shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification of the state police for a nationwide criminal records check. The bureau of criminal identification of the state police shall forward the results of the criminal records check to the director. The director may deny any application for a license if the director finds, based upon the results of the criminal records check, that the applicant has been convicted of a felony. Each application for an auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or nonresident auctioneer's license shall be accompanied by an application fee of ten dollars ($10.00).

   (b) Prior to the taking of the examination, each applicant shall pay an examination fee in an amount to be established by the director of business regulation. Each applicant granted an auctioneer's license shall pay a licensing fee of two hundred dollars ($200) per annum. Each nonresident auctioneer applicant granted a license shall pay a licensing fee of three hundred dollars ($300) per annum. Each applicant granted an apprentice auctioneer permit shall pay a permit fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per annum. There is a five dollar ($5.00) charge for issuance of a duplicate license or permit to replace a lost, damaged, or destroyed original or renewal license or permit. Fees for the replacement and for an original or renewal license or permit shall be paid into the general fund. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations mandating the term of the license or permit for each category of license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter. No license or permit shall remain in force for a period in excess of three (3) years. The fee for the initial license or renewal shall be determined by multiplying the per annum fee by the number of years in the term of license or renewal. The entire fee for the full term of licensure must be paid in full prior to issuing the renewal or initial license.